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Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances

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The people pardoned were involved in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.

Lauren Handy was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for leading the blockade by directing blockaders to link themselves together with locks and chains.

The news of the pardons comes ahead of Friday ’s annual anti-abortion protest March for Life in Washington .