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2. Trump: "A small group of elderly ladies were protesting at an abortion clinic and were given 40 years in prison
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:33 PM
Monday

for violating the FACE Act."

The facts: (March, 2025) 'Trump pardons anti-abortion protesters convicted of blocking clinics, harassing patients'

"The protesters had been charged under the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) Act, which was signed into law in 1994."

"Just three days after taking office, President Donald Trump pardoned 23 anti-abortion activists who had been convicted on charges of blocking abortion clinic entrances in Washington D.C., Tennessee, Michigan, and New York City over the past five years." (The longest sentence was 57 months for one individual convicted under the FACE Act.)

"The activists had been charged under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. 'They should not have been prosecuted,' Trump said during the pardon signing. 'This is a great honor to sign this.'

“' 'President Trump’s pardons are a get-out-of-jail-free card inviting anti-abortion extremists to step up their attacks on reproductive health clinics with impunity,' Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement. 'Congress enacted the FACE Act over 30 years ago with strong bi-partisan support because patients, clinic staff, and doctors needed protection from a reign of terror that included murders, arson, vandalism and clinic blockades.' "

https://michiganindependent.com/reproductive_rights/trump-pardons-anti-abortion-protesters-convicted-of-blocking-clinics-harassing-patients/

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