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President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) will end the “weaponization” of a federal law that led to the imprisonment of pro-life activists, according to a recent DOJ directive released on Friday.
The DOJ will limit its enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act except in “extraordinary circumstances” such as cases involving death, injury, or serious property damage, according to a Jan. 24 memorandum by the chief of staff to the attorney general, Chad Mizelle.
The memo went out on Friday as thousands of pro-lifers gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life. On Thursday, Trump issued pardons for 23 pro-life activists imprisoned under the FACE Act, including several elderly people and a young mother.
Established in 1994 under President Bill Clinton, the FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.”
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The DOJ will limit its enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act except in “extraordinary circumstances” such as cases involving death, injury, or serious property damage, according to a Jan. 24 memorandum by the chief of staff to the attorney general, Chad Mizelle.
The memo went out on Friday as thousands of pro-lifers gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life. On Thursday, Trump issued pardons for 23 pro-life activists imprisoned under the FACE Act, including several elderly people and a young mother.
Established in 1994 under President Bill Clinton, the FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.”
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Trump DOJ says it will end ‘weaponization’ of FACE Act
The Justice Department said it will limit its enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act except in “extraordinary circumstances.”
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