The protesters were convicted for blocking the entrances of abortion clinics.
WASHINGTON D.C. — On Thursday, President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-life demonstrators who were convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
“Twenty-three people were prosecuted. They should not have been prosecuted,” Trump stated when he signed the pardons on January 23.
“Many of them are elderly people,” he continued. “This is a great honor to sign this.”
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, issued a statement which reads in part, “We thank President Trump for immediately delivering on his promise to free pro-life protesters who targeted and imprisoned by Biden’s Department of Justice. Pro-life moms, grandmothers and even Eva Edl, a Communist prison camp survivor, were thrown in jail for peacefully protesting abortion. As if that were not enough, aggressive sentences were handed down, like five years for Lauren Handy who sought to expose evidence of late term and potentially illegal abortions in the nation’s capital.”
Trump delivered the long-sought relief only one day before the annual National March for Life scheduled for January 25 in the Washington D.C.
This year, the president is expected to address the march by video message. In 2020, Trump became the first sitting president to attend and address the march in person. The White House has designated Vice President JD Vance as its representative to the march this year. He is scheduled for an in-person address.
“Together Trump and Vance are restoring the gains we were making for unborn children and their mothers before Biden took over and pushed abortion into every aspect of the government.” Dannenfelser said. “The difference from the previous administration couldn’t be clearer.”
