Associated Press News
Christine Fernando
The article details how President Trump pardoned protesters who were blocking a clinic during 2020. The protesters chained linked themselves and it caused a nurse to sprain their ankle and a patient to be harassed while in labor pain. During the campaign trail, Trump often said he was proud to have been helpful in the overturn of Roe v. Wade but that he also wanted to find a “middle ground” concerning abortion as an issue.
- As a reminder, abortion clinics are protected from obstruction under the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
- Pro-life advocates are celebrating the pardons as a win for the pro-life movement, while abortion rights advocates point to the fact that this further endangers abortion rights in the United States