DOJ hosts anti-abortion advocates after it fired staff for work with abortion-rights orgs

Anti-abortion advocates met with Justice Department officials Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration fired prosecutors it accused of coordinating too closely with abortion-rights advocacy groups during the Biden administration.

WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion advocates met with Justice Department officials Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration fired prosecutors it accused of coordinating too closely with abortion-rights advocacy groups during the Biden administration.

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John Mize, CEO of Americans United for Life, arrived at the Justice Department’s headquarters holding a folder bearing the name of his organization. “Dead giveaway,” his colleague joked after NBC News mentioned the folder.

The group seeks to advance the “human right to life in culture, law, and policy,” according to its website, and it advocates for defunding Planned Parenthood, which has accused Americans for Life of misleading attacks.