On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.
Trump signed the pardons in the Oval Office.
“They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people,” he told reporters. “This is a great honor to sign this.”
The Thomas More Society, the Chicago-based public interest law firm, had earlier in January announced it had submitted formal requests to pardon 21 pro-life activists convicted under the FACE Act.
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