The United States, US, President, Donald Trump has pardoned 23 anti-abortion activists.
Among those pardoned by Trump include some activists convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.
The pardons were part of a round of executive orders signed by Trump on Thursday.
While signing the pardons, Trump said: โThey should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people. This is a great honour to sign this. Theyโll be very happy.โ
The president described the convictions as โridiculousโ, but abortion rights campaigners said the move was evidence of his opposition to abortion access.
The orders came a day before anti-abortion protesters were due to come to Washington DC for the annual March for Life, which the president is due to address by videolink.
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