{"id":266059,"date":"2022-04-12T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266059"},"modified":"2022-04-12T23:56:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:56:20","slug":"hhs-secretary-becerra-five-aborted-babies-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hhs-secretary-becerra-five-aborted-babies-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Secretary Becerra ignores question about five aborted babies found in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared before the House Committee on Education and Labor to discuss his department’s budget for 2023 on April 6. When questioned about the deaths of five preborn babies by possible illegal means, Becerra ignored the question and instead turned to pro-abortion semantics.<\/p>\n

Rep. Madison Cawthorn questioned Sec. Becerra regarding Live Action News’ coverage<\/a> detailing that the five aborted babies found by pro-life activists in Washington, D.C., “appear to have been viable human beings.” He asked Becerra if he was aware of those babies and the possible use of the federally banned D&X (dilation and extraction) ‘partial-birth’ abortion procedure. However, said Cawthorn in a tweet, “He ignored the question and said ‘partial birth abortions’ is a ‘politician-created term’ not used by ‘physicians.'”<\/p>\n

“Mr. Secretary, it was not one, it was not two, it was five human viable babies that were left dead in D.C. a few weeks ago,” said Rep. Cawthorn. “Quoting the article, a neonatal specialist called these babies ‘premature people.'”<\/p>\n

He added, “Secretary, your ambivalence about the definition of human life is destructive.”<\/p>\n

The babies in question were all estimated by experts<\/a> to be in the late second or early third trimesters of pregnancy; some died as a result of D&E abortions, and experts have stated that at least one of the babies appears to have possibly died by use of the D&X method.<\/p>\n

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I asked @SecBecerra<\/a> about @LiveAction<\/a>'s article reporting "five aborted children recovered from a D.C. apartment appear to have been viable human beings"<\/p>\n

He ignored the question and said "partial birth abortions" is a "politician-created term" not used by "physicians." pic.twitter.com\/KxIDLIrpV0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rep. Madison Cawthorn (@RepCawthorn) April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n