President Trump pardons pro-life prisoners

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President Trump pardons pro-life prisoners
U.S. President Donald Trump has officially pardoned the 23 pro-lifers imprisoned by the Biden DOJ for their attempts to save unborn babies, calling his signing of the pardons a 'great honor.'



President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order pardoning imprisoned pro-lifers.
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Jan 23, 2025
Editor’s note: This article was updated once it was confirmed that Trump had indeed pardoned the pro-life prisoners.

(LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump has pardoned the pro-lifers imprisoned during Joe Biden’s presidency.

On Thursday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump officially pardoned the 23 pro-lifers imprisoned by the Biden DOJ for their attempts to save unborn babies.

Prior to signing the pardons, Trump commented that none of the 23 pro-lifers should have been “prosecuted,” adding that signing the pardons is a “great honor.”

The now-pardoned pro-lifers are: Joan Bell, Coleman Boyd, Joel Curry, Jonathan Darnel, Eva Edl, Chester Gallagher, Rosemary “Herb” Geraghty, William Goodman, Dennis Green, Lauren Handy, Paulette Harlow, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, Jean Marshall, Father Fidelis Moscinski, Justin Phillips, Paul Place, Bevelyn Beatty Williams, and Calvin, Eva, and James Zastrow.

After the pardons were signed, LifeSiteNews spoke with imprisoned pro-lifer Joan Andrews’ husband, Chris Bell, who said that he believes his wife is still in federal custody at a prison facility near Philadelphia. He was uncertain when she would be released.

Chris said that during his last phone conversation with Joan earlier in the day that she was pleading for the pro-life movement to maintain unity.

“We shouldn’t complain about each other and our tactics,” said Chris, quoting his wife. “We need to be working together to end the holocaust.”

“IVF is a huge killer and destroyer of human life,” continued Chris, “and we pray fervently that this nation stops promoting conception outside the womb.”

LifeSiteNews also spoke to Robert Dunn, attorney for Heather Idoni, who called today’s pardons “tremendous.”

“I’ve tried hundreds of cases throughout my career,” Dunn told LifeSiteNews, “That trial in Washington, D.C., was the most unfair trial I’ve ever been a part of.”

“We were not allowed to do our job,” he explained.

Dunn said that he has been concerned about the older pro-life women suffering from health problems who were convicted and imprisoned under the FACE Act. He wanted to get them out of prison and back to their homes before their health problems worsened.

“Sometimes you have to wait a long time for justice,” he continued. “The Israelites had to wait forty years.”

“Eventually we all get justice,” said Dunn, adding, “If we don’t get it here, we’re going to get it on Judgement Day.”

Also celebrating was Thomas More Society’s Martin Cannon, attorney for Lauren Handy.

“This is a motley crew of people. These are conservatives and liberals and atheists and Christians. You just can’t believe the mix!” declared Cannon. “These are amazing people!”

“They don’t agree on much, but they all agree on one thing: These are babies we’re talking about,” said Cannon, “and if all of these people can agree on that, it deserves everyone’s attention.”

“They have been willing to be the ones falling on their swords for those babies,” added Cannon, “and for that they all deserve our appreciation.”

Earlier in the day, news was shared that the pardons were forthcoming at the “Law of Life Summit” by lawyers representing the Thomas More Society.

Mary Margaret Olohan and Leif Le Mahieu of the Daily Wire reported that Trump would pardon “pro-life activists imprisoned by the Biden Justice Department within days.”

The journalists had maintained that two unnamed sources assured their outlet that the “plight” of the pro-life prisoners is “an immediate priority to Trump’s team” and they will “likely be pardoned within days.”

The news is certain to galvanize attendees at tomorrow’s March for Life, at which Trump is slated to address rally attendees via video. Vice President JD Vance is also scheduled to speak in-person at the massive event.

Earlier today, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri mentioned on X (formerly Twitter) that he had spoken to President Trump about the imprisoned pro-lifers:

“I had a great conversation this morning with [Donald Trump] about the pro-life prisoners unjustly persecuted and imprisoned by the corrupt Biden Administration,” he wrote, linking to the President’s X account. “I urged him to pardon them swiftly.”