Be the Champion!

On a personal level, I’m about as elated as anyone can be that Donald Trump is once again president of the United States. Several times Trump has promised to release all the pro-life rescuers who have been incarcerated by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). That means, God willing, I could be home by February to help my family during an especially difficult time and to return to the vital work of ending child-killing. The past 16 months I’ve spent behind bars have been instructive and, in their own way, edifying. God moved deeply in my heart and used me to positively influence the lives of multiple convicts at four separate facilities. Nevertheless, the prospect of finally getting out gladdens me.

But make no mistake: Our rescue is not yet complete. One of the nine of us rescuers must volunteer to stay in prison to complete his or her sentence so the case may continue its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. There, we hope, FACE will be struck down, and pro-life Americans may again rescue without fear of outrageous persecution by the DOJ. As of this writing, we’re still figuring that part out.

Further, Trump must not be allowed to simply release us and wash his hands of the whole affair. Though we cannot be certain that the Supreme Court will overturn FACE, future rescues will still be feasible if the threat of DOJ crackdowns is neutralized. So it is critically important that we pressure the president to execute the terms of our petition (which I urge you to sign) found at SmashTheFACE.life. It has been endorsed by most of the rescuers and calls on the president to:

1. Grant full pardons to anyone convicted of violating FACE.
2. Forbid the DOJ from investigating or prosecuting FACE for the duration of his term.
3. Dismiss federal employees who were involved in the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of FACE defendants, and forbid their rehire while he is in office.

Though Trump’s election is a personal blessing to me and may mean a reformation of the DOJ, beyond that I do not think supporters of life can expect much more from “America’s most pro-life president.” Isolated though I might be in prison, I’ve nevertheless received news of his increasingly antagonistic comments and wavering positions. He’s blamed pro-lifers for costing him an election, criticized clinical abortion bans as too radical (when in reality none goes far enough), come out in support of in vitro fertilization (which usually destroys unborn lives), and promised to veto a national abortion ban. When he speaks on the topic, he fumbles about like a man without any grasp of or interest in the issue. His wife, once again our first lady, is publicly pro-baby-murder.