DOJ directive released on Friday states it will limit enforcement of federal law to cases involving death, injury or serious property damage.

The change reflects President Donald Trump’s position that abortion clinic protesters have been unfairly prosecuted under the FACE Act.

Those pardons were condemned by Krista Noah, an official at the reproductive healthcare organization and abortion provider Planned Parenthood Federation of America, who said Trump

The FACE Act makes it illegal to harm, threaten or interfere with an individual "obtaining or providing reproductive health services" or damage a facility "because such facility provides reproductive health.

A new Justice Department leader issued a memo Friday restricting prosecutions for interfering with patient access to reproductive health clinics.

The Justice Department under Trump curtails prosecutions against people who block reproductive healthcare facilities, including abortion providers.