The pardons, Trump said in the Oval Office, will go to 23 “peaceful protestors” who were prosecuted under the Biden administration.
Twenty-three people were prosecuted who should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people. They should not have been prosecuted. This is a great honor to sign this,
– stated President Trump,as highlighted by the international V4Na news agency.
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, enacted in 1994 by former President Bill Clinton, prohibits use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to injure, intimidate or otherwise interfere with “any class of persons [in] obtaining or providing reproductive health services.”
President Trump issued the pardons to the pro-life activists one day before the annual March for Life in Washington, just as he promised on the campaign trail. “Many people are in jail over this,” Trump said in June during a speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition. “We’re going to get that taken care of immediately — [on the] first day," he said, as highlighted by the New York Post portal.
As V4NA has highlighted previously, anti-abortion groups regularly held joint prayers near abortion clinics. In one instance, a Baptist group prayed near one of the facilities when the police asked them to leave.
Pastor Greg McEntire told 2 New Oklahoma that he felt they were being silenced. He said that if they gave in to the request and stopped speaking, there would be no point in demonstrating there at all.
In the end, the police tried to fine the pastor on the spot, but he refused to sign the fine, so he was arrested and taken in.
Cover photo: U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)
