“A great honor.” That’s how President Donald Trump described his feelings when he pardoned the 23 men and women who had been found guilty of violently attacking clinics in Washington, DC, Tennessee, New York, Florida, Georgia and Michigan. At one clinic, they injured a clinic worker. They terrorized patients.
And then the next day the Department of Justice under Trump announced it was dropping three other major cases and would no longer prosecute most violations of the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances), the very law meant to protect clinics and patients from violence.
We write to you today out of raw urgency. For 36 years, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been on the frontlines working to protect clinics and their doctors and staff who provide critical abortion care, and to bring antiabortion extremists to justice.
But this—this official sanctioning of violence, this governmental nod to chaos and terror—this is new territory, unmapped and treacherous.
History teaches us when protection falls away, violence escalates.
We need you now,John. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now. Let us explain why.
We are witnessing an escalation in threats and attacks. One unlike anything we've seen before. Let’s be clear: this isn’t simply about protests. This is about coordinated campaigns of harassment and terror, surveillance, intimidation, and violence.
They are targeting doctors. Clinic staff. Patient escorts.
And now that Trump has pardoned the criminals—and his DOJ has effectively dismantled the FACE Act—there’s virtually no federal protection left.
That leaves a last line of defense: Us.
What We’re Doing—And What We Must Do More Of.
Our National Clinic Access Project has helped clinics across the country—from Florida to California, Wyoming to New York, Maryland to Mississippi and Texas—and more. Our work has helped reduce bombings, arsons, blockades, and violent harassment. We have recruited thousands of legal observers and clinic defenders. We have worked to improve law enforcement response.
We’ve gone to court—all the way to the Supreme Court—to secure greater protections for clinics and their staff. We’ve provided pro-bono lawyers to clinics when they’ve gone to court—again and again—to secure protections against extremists.
But we need help. Right now, we need help providing clinics with:
- Increased security—physical protections, video monitoring, secure entrances.
- Legal backup—to push for state and local prosecution where the DOJ has failed.
- Rapid response funds—when a clinic is attacked or sabotaged.
- Public exposure and media campaigns—to shine a light on what’s happening.
We must work with state attorneys general, those who still remember what justice means. In states where laws against clinic harassment lie dormant or entirely absent, we must enact new ones, strong ones, ones with teeth. Laws that convict. At the state level where Trump has no pardon power.
All of this takes money. Real money.
Can You Make a Generous Contribution—Today?
We know that you, more than most, understand this threat. You may not see it on the front page every morning—but that’s by design. The zealots prefer the shadows.
But the result is the same: Women denied care. Clinic staff threatened. Clinics shuttered.
We cannot let that happen.
Please—make a tax-deductible contribution right now.
Give what you can. $25. $100. $250. $1,000 or more if you are able. Every dollar will be used to fortify, to protect, and to fight.
We do not exaggerate when we say: this is the most critical moment in our 36-year history.
We’ve seen the doors kicked in. We’ve seen clinic staff and patients terrorized and injured. But we’ve also seen what happens when people like you stand with us.
Clinics remain open. Doctors and clinic staff stay safe. Justice has a fighting chance.
Please act now. The next attack is already being planned. Let’s make sure we’re ready for it.
