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But it’s Becerra’s abortion record that most irks the right. As attorney general, he pursued criminal charges first brought by his predessor, Harris against anti-abortion activists who secretly recorded discussions with abortion providers.
His office sued the Trump administration for making it easier for doctors to opt out of providing certain medical procedures for reasons of conscience, for cutting funding to providers that offer abortions, and for allowing employers to exclude contraception from health insurance plans.
In that last case, the Catholic women’s institute Little Sisters of the Poor intervened. That put Becerra’s office in the awkward position of suing a bunch of nuns something Republicans and conservative media outlets are gleefully touting.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra defended his previous efforts to increase access to chemical abortion drugs amid the coronavirus pandemic during his confirmation hearing to become Health and Human Services secretary on Tuesday. Senator Roger Marshall (R., Kansas), who is an OB/GYN, questioned Becerra’s support for “removing current safety regulations” that require people to obtain abortion drugs in-person. The senator said that while he had never prescribed RU-486 himself, he had cared for people suffering from its complications in the emergency room. In March, Becerra led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in asking the FDA to increase access to reproductive telehealth care, including lifting the in-person restriction on chemical abortion, the most common method of abortion in the first ten weeks of pregnancy. He asked for Becerra’s position on the issue, adding that he has concern for both the physical and emotional care of anyone who has taken