{"id":265956,"date":"2022-04-08T18:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T23:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=265956"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:03:42","slug":"dc-mayor-doj-investigate-infanticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dc-mayor-doj-investigate-infanticide\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Mayor: DOJ should investigate woman who exposed potential infanticide, not the infanticide itself"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On April 5, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and other legislators penned a letter<\/a> to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III calling for an investigation into the cause of death of five babies<\/a> found in the medical waste outside of the Washington Surgi-Clinic abortion facility in D.C. who appear to have been viable or near-viable. Bowser\u00a0responded<\/a> on Friday, telling Lankford that the Department of Justice (DOJ) should investigate the pro-life activist who discovered the bodies, not the abortionist who may have committed infanticide and broken federal law.<\/p>\n

“In response to your letter of April 5, 2022, regarding the indictment of Lauren Handy of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising for extremist anti-abortion activity in the District of Columbia in 2020, and relatedly, her claim of responsibility for tampering with fetal remains as reported last week, we refer your questions to the United States Department of Justice,” wrote Mayor Bowser.<\/p>\n

“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is in consultation with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on both matters. The above referenced indictment and Ms. Handy’s claim of responsibility for March 30, 2022, and MPD’s discoveries are, potentially, serious violations of federal law. The investigation is ongoing,” she concluded.<\/p>\n

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In short, Mayor Bowser thinks the DOJ should investigate the person who exposed <\/em>the possible infanticide of abortion survivors and revealed the possible use of the federally prohibited D&X abortion procedure, more commonly referred to as partial-birth abortion. The Born Alive Infants Protection Act states that children who are born alive during an abortion must be given medical care to help them survive. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 banned the use of the brutal D&X abortion procedure which involves delivering the child in the breech position to the neck and then stabbing the child at the base of the skull. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld that ban in 2007.<\/p>\n

“This response tells me\u00a0<\/span>@MayorBowser<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>thinks revealing the death of children is a crime, not taking the lives of children,”\u00a0Sen. Lankford said<\/a> in a tweet. “Where are the babies? What has happened to them? Will they investigate or consider, for 1 sec, the possibility innocent lives are being taken for profit in DC?”<\/p>\n

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This response tells me @MayorBowser<\/a> thinks revealing the death of children is a crime, not taking the lives of children. Where are the babies? What has happened to them? Will they investigate or consider, for 1 sec, the possibility innocent lives are being taken for profit in DC? pic.twitter.com\/f1xPTJWzXn<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n