CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 27, 2025
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PARDONED 23 PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATORS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF SUCH MINOR THINGS AS STANDING AND PRAYING TOO CLOSE TO AN ABORTION CLINIC. THE PRESIDENT SAID “THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED. MANY OF THEM ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE. THIS IS A GREAT HONOR TO SIGN (THEIR PARDONS).
THE PROTESTORS WERE PROSECUTED UNDER A LAW PASSED BY DEMOCRATS CALLED THE FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINICS ENTRANCES, A 1994 LAW USED TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED ABORTION CLINICS AND PREGNANCY HELP CENTERS. PROSECUTORS EXPANDED THE LAW TO INCLUDE A RADIUS SET BY GOVERNMENT BEYOND WHICH A PRO-LIFER COULD NOT TREAD.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THE LEFT-WING PROTESTORS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS WHO ATTACKED AND BURNED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. NOTHING, OR VERY LITTLE, HAPPENED TO THEM.
THIS LAW NEEDS TO BE REPEALED. MANY WOMEN HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS ABOUT HAVING AN ABORTION WHEN THEY HAVE SEEN SIGNS AND HEARD VOICES URGING THEM NOT TO. THAT’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSOCIATION. IT SHOULD BE UPHELD, BUT GOOD FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR ISSUING THOSE PARDONS. THEY ARE WELL DESERVED. I’M CAL THOMAS.
