Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the president of the United States of America for the second time, has signed a plethora of executive orders. , However, many of them caused a stir among the public.
Among the rest, he pardoned nearly dozen pro-life activists who were convicted for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and โConspiracy Against Rights.โ
He did not reveal the names, but referred to them as to โpeaceful protesters.โ
โTwenty-three people were prosecuted who should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people. They should not have been prosecuted,โ the president said. โThis is a great honor to sign this.โ
๐จ BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump grants pardons to peaceful pro-life protesters prosecuted by the Biden administration over exercising their First Amendment rights. pic.twitter.com/XwzU4dEJt8
โ Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 23, 2025
Issuing pardons to these pro-life activists was a promise Trump made during the presidential campaign.
As per theย Thomas More Society, the pardons were signed on the day before the March for Life to be held in Washington, D.C.
In theย letterย in which they asked for the pardons, they referred to their clients as to victims of the โweaponization of the Justice Department by the Biden Administration.โ
โWhile Bidenโs prosecutors almost entirely ignored the firebombing and vandalism of hundreds of pro-life churches and pregnancy centers, they viciously pursued pro-life Americans,โ the lawyers wrote.
In aย statement, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life Americaย said,โWe thank Presidentย Trumpย for immediately delivering on his promise to free pro-life protesters who [were] targeted and imprisoned by [President Joe] Bidenโs Department of Justice. Pro-life moms, grandmothers and even Eva Edl, a Communist prison camp survivor, were thrown in jail for peacefully protesting abortion.โ
The statement continued: โAs 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 nationโs capital.โ
While those in support of Trumpโs decision to issue the pardons praised his decision, critics saw it as a controversial use of presidential power.
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