Trump pardons those who blockaded a Michigan abortion facility in 2020

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Trump pardons those who blockaded a Michigan abortion facility in 2020

(CBS Detroit) — President Donald Trump has granted presidential pardons to seven people who were convicted of blocking an abortion clinic in Sterling Heights.

According to a press release from the Thomas More Society, they were among the approximately two dozen people named in a presidential pardon petition.

The individuals in question were charged under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act while Joe Biden was president. As a result of this incident, convictions were issued in August 2024.

Mr. Trump, who began his second term in the White House on Monday, issued the pardons Thursday. This effort is part of a flurry of executive orders and official actions he has issued this week.

The charges in this case involved blocking access to a Sterling Heights clinic in 2020, preventing patients and employees from entering.

According to the society’s list, the following people have been pardoned: Joel Curry, Eva Edl, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Justin Phillips, Calvin Zastrow, and Eva Zastrow.

The Thomas More Society also submitted names to the incoming administration on its pardon petition on January 14th, including cases in Nashville, New York and Washington.

“These heroic peaceful pro-lifers were treated shamefully by Biden’s DOJ, with many of them branded felons and losing many rights that we take for granted as American citizens,” said Steve Crampton, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel, in a press release. “What happened to them can never be erased, but today’s pardons are a huge step towards restoring justice.”

In addition, Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Executive Vice President and Head of Litigation, urged Congress to “swiftly” repeal the FACE Act, which was signed into law in 1994.

The Thomas More Society, headquartered in Chicago, is a national public-interest law firm.

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