Pro-Life activists who have been convicted under the Biden government speak out after receiving grace of President Donald Trump.
“I have never seen any violence on the part of pro-life people,” said Paulette Harlow in an exclusive interview with “In the minority“Co-host Kayleigh Mcenany.
Harlow, 75 at the time of her conviction, was found guilty of the conspiracy of federal civil rights and the violation of freedom of access to clinic Entrances (Face) Act.
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“There were several things that were told to us. One was that this process was not about abortion, which was a bit ridiculous, because that is the reason we were there to stop abortions,” Harlow said.
“To love the mothers and the children, but in the first place to see if we could intervene and save the lives of the babies. And you often save the life of the mother’s life.”
Washington, DC – January 19: People live the annual March for Life Rally at outside the American Supreme Court on January 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (Getty)
Harlow was convicted of participation in an abortion clinic blockade in Washington, DC, in October 2020. Officers of Justice led to Harlow and others strongly entered the clinic and blocked doors with furniture, ropes and bodies. She was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
“These defendants have worked together to use violence to prevent fellow citizens from exercising rights protected by law,” said American lawyer Matthew Graves for the District of Columbia in a press release. “People cannot resort to the use of strength and intimidation to prevent others from doing legal activities, simply because they do not agree with the law.”
The Face ActAssumed in 1994, prohibits threats, obstruction and material damage intended to disrupt reproductive healthcare services. The law was adopted during a period of increasing protests and violence against abortion providers, including the murder of Dr. David Gunn 1993.
Earlier this month, Trump Forgive more than two dozen anti-abortion activists and told reporters: “We released 23 people who were wrongly inserted and have had to deal with Pro-Life. And they will be released, and they will be very briefly. It was shameful. The Was shameful.
“I was shocked to Garland. He wasolated us and aimed for us because of our pro-life attitude. And above all, he focused on Catholics,” said Harlow.
Republican legislators have repeatedly accused the Ministry of Justice of holding an “anti-Catholic bias” when dealing with pro-life activists.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO., Repeated these concerns about X and wrote: “No administration in history has focused Christians like the Biden-Admin. We saw one persecution after the other, from closing churches during Covid to The robberies of pro-lifers’ houses when the day of the dawn.
When Hawley was questioned about the treatment of Catholics by the Doj, the then Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the department and explained: “Our department protects all religions, all ideologies. It has no preference against any religion of any kind. “
Many proponents of abortion rights criticized the grace and claimed that they indicate Trump’s opposition against access to abortion. However, Trump stated on the campaign track that he would express a veto about a federal abortion ban if it would reach his desk.
On social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, he posted: “Everyone knows that under no circumstances I would support a federal ban on abortion and in fact would pronounce a veto, because it is up to the states to decide on the basis of the will of the will of Their voters (the will of the people!).
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Among those who were convicted of the blockade, William Goodman, who described the conditions he had confronted during his 27 -month prison sentence.
“We went without toilet paper for more than two weeks,” Goodman said. “And some of the boys said that some men who were there with gender dysphoria, dresses wore, could get mascara, lipstick and perfume – but we could not even get toilet paper or basic needs. So there were many negligions.”
Louisville, KY – May 8: Pro -Life Demonstrators and Clinic Escorts stand for the EMW Womens Surgical Center, an abortion clinic, on 8 May 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Various anti-abortion religious groups and members of pro-life organizations gathered on the sidewalk near the clinic to wish patients a happy Mother’s Day and to convince them not to come in. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) ((Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images))
While prosecutors argued that some protesters acted violently, Jean Marshall, a former nurse and sister of Paulette Harlow, denies those claims. Marshall was also sentenced to 24 months.
She described her time in prison as difficult, but said she trusted her faith for support.
“We had a Bible study and a few women became members,” Marshall told Mcenany. “They were so enthusiastic and grateful. One of them even said,” Now I know why I ended up in prison so that I could hear this Bible study. “
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Despite the experience, Marshall said that she is not sorry.
“I was so grateful to God that he could use me,” she said.
