Pro-life demonstrators hold up signs during the 2020 March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24, 2020. | The Christian Post
The nationâs top health official denied the existence of a federal law that bans partial-birth abortions nationwide during a congressional hearing this week, receiving criticism from a prominent pro-life activist organization.Â
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., asked Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra during Wednesdayâs House Energy and Commerce Committeeâs Health Subcommittee hearing if the administration would uphold legislation banning partial-birth abortion.Â
Bilirakis also asked Becerra, the former attorney general of California and former member of Congress, if he believed the practice was illegal.Â