A crazed anti-abortion activist who was nabbed with five fetuses stashed in her home was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison for leading a blockade at a Washington, DC health clinic. 

Lauren Handy, 30, was part of a group of protesters convicted of federal civil rights violations stemming from the Oct. 22, 2020, assault on the Washington Surgi-Clinic that left at least two healthcare workers injured.

She was described as the “criminal mastermind” of the clinic invasion — with her arrest for it leading to the grisly discovery of the fetuses stashed inside coolers in her home, according to authorities. 

“Handy is an active anti-abortion extremist who has a history of organizing reproductive health clinic invasions around the county to prevent patients from obtaining, and providers from obtaining pregnancy termination services,” federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memo. 

Prosecutors had sought six years for Handy, who has been held in prison since she was indicted in the case in August. She was instead sentenced Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison.

According to prosecutors, the 2020 protest at the DC clinic left one nurse with a sprained ankle suffered when she was pushed to the ground, and an expectant mother having labor pains was blocked from getting inside. 

Once inside the clinic, Handy and the other protesters linked themselves with locks and chains to block the doors of the facility, prosecutors said. 

The incident was live-streamed by one of the protesters. 

Handy declined to speak in court before her sentence was handed down by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Tuesday. 

“The law does not protect violent nor obstructive conduct, nor should it,” the judge said from the bench. 

Some of Handy’s supporters shouted their support their support in court, with one yelling: “You’re a hero, Lauren!” 

Handy was convicted last year on charges of conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, more commonly known as the FACE Act.

In their pre-sentencing memo, defense lawyers described Handy as a compassionate person who cares deeply “for the vulnerable communities” that she represents — and asked for a one-year sentence. 

“Her goal in life is to protect those who cannot protect themselves, and to empower those who do not feel that they have any power,” they wrote. 

Handy had nine co-defendants in the case — Jonathan Darnel, Jay Smith, John Hinshaw, William Goodman, Joan Bell, Paulette Harlow, Jean Marshall, Heather Idoni and Herb Geraghty.

Smith, Hinshaw and Goodman are from New York. 

Smith was sentenced last year to 10 months behind bars. Hinshaw, Idoni and Goodman also were scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday. 

Darnel, Geraghty, Marshall and Bell are scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday. Harlow’s sentencing is set for May 31.

“These are good people who wouldn’t hurt anybody on purpose,” said Martin Cannon, one of Handy’s attorneys. “Lauren has done enough time. Send Lauren home. Send them all home.”

In planning the clinic protest, prosecutors said Handy used a false name to book a fake appointment that same morning. 

When a clinic employee unlocked a door, Handy and the others stormed inside and shoved the nurse out of the way, injuring her. 

“No caring or sympathetic gestures at all,” Kollar-Kotelly said.

With Post wires