The FACE Act was enacted to protect reproductive health clinics − here’s why its history matters today
- Written by Micki Burdick, Assistant Professor of Women & Gender Studies, University of Delaware
Anti-abortion activists protest in Orlando, Fla., on April 13, 2024.Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesSoon after taking office for a second time, President Donald Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists who had blockaded and restricted access to the entrance of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020.