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DOJ to Stop Prosecuting Most People Who Unlawfully Block and Harass Abortion Clinics and Patients

HeadlineJan 27, 2025

The Justice Department has announced it will limit enforcement of a 1994 law known as the FACE Act that protects abortion clinics and people seeking abortion care. The Trump administration says it will only prosecute individuals who unlawfully block access to abortion clinics and reproductive health centers in “extraordinary circumstances,” such as killing someone or causing serious bodily or property harm. Trump also pardoned 23 people convicted under the law.

Also on Friday, Trump reinstated and expanded the so-called Mexico City policy, also referred to as the “global gag rule,” which cuts off U.S. aid to any overseas group that provides abortion services, information or advocacy.

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