President Donald Trump issued a series of pardons for anti-abortion activists convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, but at least one recipient sought to reject the clemency.
When was it that you decided to sell out the values you have had your whole life in order to be given power by President Trump?” Sen. Maggie Hassan asked.
In the early days of his second term in office, Donald Trump has been cagey about where his administration will take abortion policy.
Despite Trump's insistence that states will do what they want with abortion, he's already taking federal action that could threaten access nationwide.
Despite attempts to paint himself as a moderate on abortion rights on the campaign trial, President Donald Trump is now leaning into his anti-abortion base once again.
One recipient of a pardon, Lauren Handy, led the blockade of an abortion clinic in D.C. When police arrested her in 2022, authorities removed five fetuses from the home where she was staying. This was not normal or sane or reasonable, yet it was done to make a statement about Trump as an opponent of abortion.
The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior late Thursday, solidifying President Donald Trump’s push to expand domestic fossil fuel production under his administration. The vote was 79-18, with more than half of Senate Democrats joining all 53 Republicans in supporting Burgum, the Associated Press reported.
Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.
President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.
The president reinstated a policy blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds for abortion. He also overturned two Biden executive orders, contending they violated the law barring federal funding for abortion.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many in the movement once deemed “the most pro-life president” in the nation’s history.