President Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists on Thursday, including two Massachusetts residents, for their roles in a 2020 blockade of a Washington clinic. Trump stated it was a "great honor" to sign these pardons, asserting that those convicted were wrongfully prosecuted. The activists had engaged in actions that included chaining themselves to clinic entrances, resulting in injuries to clinic staff. The pardons came amidst renewed calls from the anti-abortion community for leniency towards those charged under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
"They should not have been prosecuted," he said as he signed pardons for "peaceful pro-life protesters."
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