President Donald Trump signed a pardon for 23 pro-life demonstrators on Jan. 23, three days after taking office, making good on his campaign promise to address what he called the “weaponization” of the Department of Justice against pro-life demonstrators.
The protesters were prosecuted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. When presented with the pardon, Trump said it was “a great honor to sign this.”
“They should not have been prosecuted,” he said as he signed pardons.
The pardons were handed down the day before pro-life advocates arrived in Washington for the 52nd annual March for Life.
Convictions
Among the 23 whose convictions were wiped away were 10 protesters found guilty after an October 2020 demonstration at an abortion clinic in Washington....
