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Biden Admin To Send Millions of Tax Dollars To Planned ParenthoodBy Olivia Summers16202231400001620223140000 On April 15 – traditionally known as “Tax Day” – the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the direction of President Biden, announced its proposed changes to undo the Trump Administration’s 2019 rule on Title X funding. Under the Trump Administration’s rule, Planned Parenthood was blocked from receiving $60 million in taxpayer-funded Title X grants becaus...

PoolGetty Images Yesterday, we watched Joe Biden give his first address to a joint session of Congress as president. COVID-19 relief? Check. Gun violence? Check. Jobs and childcare? Check and check. Access to abortion and reproductive health care? Not a single mention. In a speech that touted bold vision and an appetite for real change coupled with themes of American exceptionalism and leadership, this was an unacceptable omission. Commitments to reproductive health and rights that omit exp...

3 Mar 2021 White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not respond to a question on Tuesday about whether President Joe Biden would force doctors to perform abortions and transgender surgeries against their faith beliefs. During a press briefing, a reporter from global Catholic network EWTN asked Psaki: Pro-life groups right now are very concerned about the phrase “pregnancy discrimination” in the Equality Act. You’re familiar with that, I’m sure, that it would force doctors to perform a...

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP) There is no ambiguity about Xavier Becerra’s record on abortion. President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, currently the state attorney general of California, has consistently advocated for abortion rights throughou...

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Reported By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter | Monday, February 22, 2021 Read more at https://www.christianpost.com/news/bidens-hhs-nominee-xavier-becerra-is-worse-case-scenario.html?uid=03bea79789 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., November 12, 2019. | SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Republican senators and pro-life groups have raised concerns about President Joe Biden's pick for Health and Human Services secretary,...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., November 12, 2019. | SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Republican senators and pro-life groups have raised concerns about President Joe Bidens pick for Health and Human Services secretary, Xavier Becerra, who they warn has a record of using his power to go after his enemies, including people of faith and pro-lifers. Over 60 pro-life advocates sent a letter to ranking members of the U.S. Senate HE...

16 Feb 2021 The former director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during Donald Trump’s presidency says President Joe Biden is not only “retreating from the rule of law” with his numerous executive orders but also “compounding the error” with some “extraordinarily divisive nominations” to his cabinet. Roger Severino spoke to Breitbart News about Biden’s selections of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Pennsylvan...

February 4, 2021 The ERLC stands by our pro-life convictions in every sphere of cultural engagement. This includes our witness and advocacy to the federal government on issues Christians care about. One of our threshold questions for our team before supporting any piece of legislation is whether the bill protects and honors the value of every human life. Each year, Congress must pass twelve appropriations bills that fund the federal government. These bills are “must pass” pieces of legislat...