if lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding answers. joining now to unpack the story, president and ceo of concerned women for america, penny, welcome back. great to be with you, shannon. shannon: the discovery of the remains apparently local officials do not want to do autopsies or take action. senator mike lee wrote a letter to the attorney general and signed by 22 senators and 46 members of congress. what does that have been publicly shared and enclosed with a letter that they sent suggest that some of the babies may have been victims of partial-birth abortion act or if infanticide. it clearly both of those things are illegal. why won t authorities look into it? at first i need to say, shannon, we lean in to holy week right now and when i was reading the story i was reminded of the book of matthew. better that the millstone be hung around your neck and cast into the sea then to hurt one of the little ones. i saw the pictures and you
(CNS News) Last month, a large number of aborted babies were recovered from an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., including five children who were nearly fully developed. Pro-life activists have called on D.C. authorities to conduct autopsies of the babies to see if they were killed illegally, and 69 congressional lawmakers have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI to investigate whether the children were killed in violation of federal law, specifically the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003.
(CNS News) Last month, a large number of aborted babies were recovered from an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., including five children who were nearly fully developed. Pro-life activists have called on D.C. authorities to conduct autopsies of the babies to see if they were killed illegally, and 69 congressional lawmakers have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI to investigate whether the children were killed in violation of federal law, specifically the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003.