Originally published at National Catholic Register
Advocacy law firm says Biden administration did the activists wrong.
The Thomas More Society is asking President-elect Donald Trump to pardon 21 pro-lifers convicted of violating a federal law that prohibits blocking access to abortion facilities soon after he takes office next week.
The advocacy law firm said the pro-lifers committed what its leaders called “mere peaceable civil disobedience” and didn’t deserve the prison terms they received after being prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden.
“These peaceful pro-life Americans mistreated by Biden include grandparents, pastors, a Holocaust survivor, and a Catholic priest — all are selfless, sincere patriots,” the society said in a letter to Trump dated Jan. 14. “… We respectfully urge that all 21 of them detailed here are richly deserving of full and unconditional pardons.”
Trump said several times during the 2024 presidential campaign that he would look into the cases of the pro-lifers, though he has not publicly promised to pardon them.
The letter to Trump, made public Wednesday, was signed by eight members of the leadership team of the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm that takes on cases involving life, family, and religious freedom.
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