WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formed a pro-abortion task force to dismantle state governments’ work to protect unborn lives.
Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) led a letter, cosigned by 53 House Republicans, to Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing concern that his mislabeled Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access endangers the lives of innocent children.
In the letter, the Members write: “[A]bortion is not health care. Abortion robs a person of health and life itself. Since 1973, 63 million innocent lives have been lost to abortion. Women deserve better than abortion. They deserve the support they need to care for their babies and themselves.”
The Task Force was formed on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as a direct attack on the groundbreaking pro-life laws passed across the country in 2021.
“Recent polling shows that a majority of Americans are opposed to using tax dollars to pay for a woman’s abortion,” write the Members. “The taxpayer dollars that fund HHS should be focused on promoting the highest quality of health information and care to all individuals, both born and unborn. They should not be used to promote a pro-abortion agenda.”
The Chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and the Chair of the Values Action Team Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) signed onto the letter.
Other signers include: Reps. David B. McKinley (R-WV), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), August Pfluger (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Guest (R-MS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Blake Moore (R-UT), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ben Cline (R-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Fred Keller (R-PA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Brian Babin, D.D.S. (R-TX), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Mary Miller (R-IL), Brad R. Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Alex X. Mooney (R-WV), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), John Rose (R-TN), Julia Letlow (R-LA), and Russ Fulcher (R-ID).
Read the full text of the letter here.
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