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Pro-Lifer Says She Was ‘Shocked’ When Trump Pardoned Her

A pro-life woman who faced imprisonment until July 2027 before President Donald Trump pardoned her said Thursday that she was “shocked” to hear of her pardon — and didn’t believe it at first. Lauren Handy, 31, said she was on the phone with a loved one when the news came down last month that Trump …

A pro-life woman who faced imprisonment until July 2027 before President Donald Trump pardoned her said Thursday that she was “shocked” to hear of her pardon — and didn’t believe it at first.

Lauren Handy, 31, said she was on the phone with a loved one when the news came down last month that Trump had pardoned her and 22 other pro-lifers prosecuted by the Biden administration. At the time, Handy was in federal prison in Tallahassee after being convicted over a sit-in at a notorious late-term abortion facility in Washington, D.C., and sentenced to 57 months behind bars.