Meet the Pro-Life Activists Set Free by Trump’s Pardons

Trump pardoned nearly two dozen pro-life activists who were prosecuted under the FACE Act by the previous administration.

(Clockwise From Top Left) Joan Bell and her husband, Chris Bell, Paul Vaughn, Eva Edl holds a baby she helped “rescue” from abortion, and Lauren Handy (L) and Herb Geraghty. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times, Courtesy of Eva Edl, Kaine Spitak

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Meet the Pro-Life Activists Set Free by Trump’s Pardons

Trump pardoned nearly two dozen pro-life activists who were prosecuted under the FACE Act by the previous administration.

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By Sam Dorman, Samantha Flom

February 03, 2025Updated:February 04, 2025

Joan Bell had just finished saying her second group rosary of the day when a fellow inmate ran into her Philadelphia prison cell and delivered unexpected news.

“‘Miss Joan’s husband’s on TV! She’s been pardoned,’” Bell, 76, recounted to The Epoch Times.

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