Anti-abortion activists demand more than just pardons from Trump

"I think he is a horrible president when it comes to abortion," says one man who Trump pardoned yesterday.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersAnti-abortion activists demand more than just pardons from Trump15 hours agoCaroline Hawley and Cai PigliucciBBC NewsReporting fromWashington DCMax MatzaBBC NewsWatch: Trump and Vance address crowd at anti-abortion March for LifeAnti-abortion activists who gathered in Washington DC have criticised President Donald Trump for not supporting an end to national abortion access, one day after he issued pardons to 23 activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.

Coleman Boyd, who was among those pardoned by Trump on Thursday, said at the annual March for Life rally that Trump should support a national abortion ban, something he has said he would veto if such a law were to be passed by Congress.

"I'm very thankful that he pardoned us. I think he's done lots of amazing things in the first week. I just think he is bad off on abortion," Mr Boyd, 53, told BBC News.

"I think he is a horrible president when it comes to abortion."

Trump addressed the annual gathering in a pre-recorded video message on Friday, in which he vowed to "stop the radical Democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion-on-demand".

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