by Tabitha Walter, Eagle Forum Political Director
The Trump administration has moved conservative values forward over the past four years. President Trump was the first president to attend the March for Life and he accumulated a list of over 20 administrative accomplishments. The 2018-2022 strategic plan for the Department of Health and Human Services emphasized “the inherent dignity of persons from conception to natural death”.
A Biden-Harris administration will overturn these pro-life accomplishments. Planned Parenthood endorsed Biden during his campaign. Trump’s first executive action was the Mexico City Policy, which was first implemented by President Ronald Reagan and has been rescinded or reinstated with each new administration. This policy does not allow federal funds to promote abortion internationally.
President Trump’s biggest pro-life accomplishment was staffing HHS with people who had the conviction and willpower to protect the most vulnerable. They protected the preborn in the family planning Title X program. New regulations prevent taxpayer money from funding organizations that promote or perform abortions or medical research that uses human fetal tissue. Conscience protections were issued for healthcare workers, entities, Obamacare recipients, and State Medicaid directors. HHS required all hospitals to provide treatment to babies born alive and President Trump reinforced that policy with an executive order.
ALL these policies are on the chopping block under Biden, who has named Xavier Becerra HHS Secretary. Becerra has received a 100% rating with pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and Pro-Choice America.
Biden cannot overturn the Senate’s incredible confirmation of 260 federal judges including three Supreme Court Justices. President Trump kept his promise to nominate Constitutionalist judges that would also uphold life in the womb. We expect these judges to give us relief from an administration who would work tirelessly to destroy human life.
Democrats in both the House and Senate have vowed to enshrine abortion rights into the Constitution through the Equal Rights Amendment, stripping the Hyde Amendment, and other pro-abortion legislation. House Republicans should unite against every pro-abortion bill.
We must participate in comment periods of new agency regulations, and point out the hypocrisy of “human rights” policies that effectively take away rights, and most importantly, vote for pro-life candidates to gain a majority in the House and Senate.
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