Trump gracies anti-abortion activists who blocked a clinic

President Trump signed orders on Thursday granting the grace to anti-abortion activists one day before the annual rally of life for life in Washington.

An assistant who gave Mr. Trump’s orders to sign described them as relief for some 23 “pro-life peaceful demonstrators”.

“They shouldn’t have been prosecuted,” Trump said in the oval office. “It’s a great honor to sign this.”

Mr. Trump did not specify the names of the people who benefited from grace, but the order he presented to the cameras to capture it included the names of 10 anti-abortion activists who were prosecuted under the administration Biden for their role in blocking abortion. Clinic in Washington, DC, in October 2020.

The accused in this case were accused of two federal offenses: conspiracy against civil rights and violation of the law on freedom of access to the entries of the clinics, for the role they played in the blocking of the entry of This clinic. This law considers a crime to threaten, hinder or injure a person looking to access a reproductive health clinic or damage the property of a clinic.

One of the anti-abortion activists, Lauren Handy, was sentenced to almost five years in prison last year for her role in the direction of the blockade. Her case drew attention when the police said they had found five fetuses at home shortly after his charge in this case. Other accused have been sentenced to sentences under three years in prison. One of the accused, Jay Smith, 34, of Freeport, New York, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.