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The administration also issued pardons to 23 pro-life activists and January 6th prisoners—many convicted of misdemeanors or minor offenses associated with protesting or praying outside abortion clinics. These individuals had been unjustly imprisoned for exercising their First Amendment rights under what many critics see as oppressive and politically motivated charges. The pardons, timed strategically before the annual March for Life rally in Washington D.C., send a strong message defending religious freedom and free speech. Notably, some recipients, like Bevyn Williams—a mother and wife imprisoned for praying—have been released, signaling a possible correction of previous overreach.