President Trump steadily chipped away at abortion access during the first 100 days of his second term.

Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, and has so far made no push to outlaw the procedure on a national level. But since he returned to office in January, he and his administration have taken steps to support anti-abortion activists and restrict access to abortion care not only in the United States, but around the world.

Here are four moves the Trump administration has made on abortion so far in the president's second term.

Pardoned anti-abortion activists

Three days after returning to the White House, Trump signed an executive order pardoning 23 anti-abortion protesters, some of whom were convicted of violating a federal law meant to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats.

The law, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, was passed in 1994 when crimes against abortion providers were on the rise.

“They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people,” Trump told reporters while signing the order. “This is a great honor to sign this.”

Trump’s pardons included a group of protesters convicted of forcing their way into an abortion clinic in the Washington, D.C., area and blockading the entrance in 2020. Protesters livestreamed the blockade on social media for several hours before they were........

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