By CatholicVote | Created at 2025-01-16 23:46:14 | Updated at 2025-01-17 10:02:07
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CV NEWS FEED // The Thomas More Society this week submitted a formal request to President-elect Donald Trump to pardon 21 pro-life advocates who were prosecuted, convicted, or imprisoned by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ).
The nonprofit law firm’s press release states that its request includes 21 individual pardons for the activists and explains how the DOJ weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act against them.
Trump indicated on three separate occasions that he intended to pardon the activists, most recently in June 2024 at the Faith and Freedom Coalition, according to the Thomas More Society.
“By acting on the requested presidential pardons, President Trump has a golden opportunity to not only stop the lawfare against peaceful pro-lifers, but to also undo some of the unprecedented damage of the Biden administration,” Thomas More Society’s Executive Vice President Peter Breen stated. “Inside and outside the courtroom, Thomas More Society attorneys have seen up close the harm inflicted by the Biden DOJ’s weaponization of the FACE Act.”
The pro-life advocates for whom Thomas More Society has requested pardon are Joan Bell, Coleman Boyd, Joel Curry, Jonathan Darnel, Eva Edl, Chester Gallagher, William Goodman, Dennis Green, Lauren Handy, Paulette Harlow, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, Jean Marshall, Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, Justin Phillips, Paul Place, Paul Vaughn, Bevelyn Beatty Williams, Calvin Zastrow, Eva Zastrow, and James Zastrow.
“These 21 peaceful pro-lifers, many of whom are currently imprisoned for bravely standing up for unborn life, are upstanding citizens and pillars of their communities,” said Steve Crampton, senior counsel for Thomas More Society. “Through full and unconditional pardons for these pro-life advocates, President Trump has the chance to remedy the harm done to them and their families, deliver on his campaign promises, and repair trust in our constitutional order.”
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