As newly sworn-in President Donald Trump pardons some 1,500 protesters on January 6, anti-abortion groups say they will continue to pardon the 76-year-old grandmother and 20 others jailed and prosecuted for pro-life protests under the Biden administration. They are asking the president to pardon people. justice.
One of the groups, the Thomas More Society, a law firm specializing in pro-life cases, filed a petition that provides a legal basis for granting a pardon to the new president and points out that President Joe Biden has abused the judicial system. submitted a document. Target these pro-life activists.
Steve Crampton, senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, told Fox News Digital that a pardon for these activists is “absolutely essential” to restore equality under the law.
”We hope that President Trump's actions here will not only restore some sanity and the rule of law to the approach of the Department of Justice and the FBI, but also help return this culture to a culture of life rather than a culture of death. We look forward to seeing you,” Crampton said. “In fact, this small act of his will spark a significant movement to restore the respect for life that is sorely needed in this country.”
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On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025, President Trump will sign a pardon for the January 6 defendants in the Oval Office of the White House. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
Trump indicated several times during the campaign that he was open to pardoning some of these opponents who were charged under a federal law called the Freedom of Admissions to Clinic Act (FACE). Activists were convicted of violating the FACE Act for participating in various “sit-in” protests inside abortion clinics in Washington, D.C., Nashville, Detroit, Long Island, and Manhattan.
According to the Thomas More Institute, the Biden administration's Justice Department used the FACE Act to increase sentences for crimes that would otherwise be simple trespassing. The group said that even though their sit-in protests inside abortion clinics were completely peaceful and there were no threats of violence or intimidation, Biden was trying to make an example of these protesters and breaking the law. He claims he tried to prosecute them to the fullest extent possible.
Now that Trump is back in the White House, the Thomas More Institute believes he can restore justice to these 21 activists and, in doing so, restore the American people's faith and confidence in the justice system. I believe it.
”“I've never seen a president in my life keep his campaign promises as true as this president,” Crampton said. And for these people who are the very salt of the earth, they are the best people to do good deeds in their communities, not behind bars. ”
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Lauren Handy, director of operations for the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, April 2, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Eric Lee of The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Of the 21 activists charged under the Biden administration's FACE Act, nine are currently in prison. Some of those in prison are elderly, including Jean Marshall, Paulette Harlow and Joan Andrews Bell, all in their 70s. The oldest, Bell, is 76 years old and has seven adult children and seven grandchildren. She was sentenced to more than two years in prison.
One of the activists, Heather Idoni, 59, was sentenced to two years in prison, but while in prison she developed severe health problems and suffered a mild stroke.
The longest prison sentence was given to Lauren Handy, 31, who is currently serving a nearly five-year sentence for her role in organizing a 2020 sit-in protest at a Washington, D.C., surgical clinic run by Dr. Cesare Santangelo. It is. .
Eva Edl, an 89-year-old communist concentration camp survivor who has been active in the pro-life movement for decades, also faces prison time.
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Anti-abortion demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court building as the justices hear arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case, December 1, 2021, in Washington. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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“In this case, down is up and up is down,” Crampton said. “These are people who have adopted some special needs children from places like Ukraine, and who have gone as missionaries to China and Ukraine and some of the worst places on earth to help children with special needs. There are people who do good for some people.'' Those in dire need should receive the citizenship medals that President Biden is handing out to George Soros and others who are trying to destroy our country. ”
“We must restore the rule of law,” he continued. “The questioning of Mr. Trump's cabinet appointees last week, ironically from the left, has repeatedly suggested the need not to single out political opponents for prosecution or otherwise.”
“We have recently committed acts that undermine the rule of law and respect for the law in particular, but also for authority in general,” he said. “So I really think this is also a small step toward restoring respect for the rule of law, which is absolutely essential for America to survive.”
