Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is denouncing D.C. officials for failing to properly address the deaths of five premie-sized aborted babies found in the nation&#8217;s capitol.
“I demanded an investigation from D.C. Mayor Bowser, the D.C. police, and the Department of Justice into the deaths of the five babies whose lives were stolen through gruesome late-term abortion procedures, potentially violating federal law,&#8221; Lankford told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Unsurprisingly, my request was met with a shrug,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Some in our nation’s capital may not care about the value of every child, but I believe every child is valuable. I’m not giving up on these precious lives lost or on the refusal to investigate how their lives were taken.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not letting this go,&#8221; Lankford promised.
His comments come amid repeated media inquiries and calls for investigations and autopsies from Republican lawmakers and pro-life activists.
Lankford <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-lawmakers-demand-d-c-doj-investigate-bodies-of-aborted-babies-uncovered-by-pro-life-activists">led Republican lawmakers</a> in demanding that D.C. authorities determine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-authorities-wont-autopsy-recovered-bodies-of-these-aborted-babies-police-are-hiding-barbaric-crimes-pro-lifers-say">how the babies died</a> by preserving the baby bodies as evidence and performing autopsies.
Lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-doj-fbi-must-investigate-aborted-baby-bodies-for-violations-of-partial-birth-abortion-act">have also asked</a> that the Department of Justice investigate whether the abortionist who ended the babies&#8217; lives <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-doj-fbi-must-investigate-aborted-baby-bodies-for-violations-of-partial-birth-abortion-act">violated federal law</a> by performing partial-birth abortions while the babies were still alive or by allowing the babies to die after they were born alive.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-accuses-pro-life-activist-of-tampering-with-fetal-remains">finally weighed in</a> on the matter late last Friday in a response to Lankford, but the mayor did not address calls for investigations or autopsies.
Instead, she singled out Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising activist Lauren Handy, one of the women who has said they intercepted the fetal remains at Washington Surgi Clinic on March 25.
Handy has been charged and indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a separate October 2020 incident wherein she pushed her way into an abortion clinic. Bowser called this “extremist anti-abortion activity.”
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is in consultation with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on both matters,” the mayor said, calling the October 2020 incident and Handy’s involvement in finding the fetal remains “potentially, serious violations of federal law.”
She has not responded to The Daily Wire’s requests for comment regarding the requested autopsies. The D.C. Medical Examiner directed The Daily Wire to her office when asked for comment, and the Metropolitan Police Department has steadily refused to divulge information citing an ongoing investigation into the matter.
Staff at the clinic have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-went-to-the-clinic-of-the-dc-abortionist-accused-of-gruesome-crimes-heres-what-i-saw">refused to discuss</a> the aborted baby bodies with The Daily Wire, directing press inquiries to the National Abortion Federation, which has not responded to requests for comment.
“D.C. officials do not care about federal laws protecting our most vulnerable, and their silence only confirms it,” Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy told The Daily Wire on Wednesday. “Performing an autopsy and acknowledging the mere possibility that abortionist Cesare Santangelo broke the law would require Mayor Bowser and her radically pro-abortion cronies to concede that these are indeed human beings worthy of protection.”
“Biden’s Department of Justice should investigate these horrific acts, rather than put the administration’s pro-abortion ideology above the lives of these children,” he added. “That’s what a serious and functional DOJ would do. Given its record, however, I won’t hold my breath.”

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‘I’m Not Letting This Go’: Senator Slams D.C. Authorities For Apparent Disinterest In Investigating D.C.’s Abortion Scandal

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Liberal culture warriors are furious at socialist senator Bernie Sanders over his unapologetic support and endorsement of pro-life Omaha, Nebraska, mayoral candidate, Heath Mello.
&#8220;Absolutely, and I want him to win,&#8221; Sanders <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524962482/sanders-defends-campaigning-for-anti-abortion-rights-democrat">told</a> NPR Thursday.
Over the last week, Sanders has a held a series of rallies to support Democratic candidates across the country as part of a Democratic National Committee (DNC)-sponsored &#8220;unity tour.&#8221; Ironically, the man standing beside Sanders at these rallies, newly elected DNC Chair Tom Perez, is doubling-down on his party&#8217;s hard line pro-abortion stance, distancing himself from both Sanders and Mello. So much for &#8220;unity.&#8221;
&#8220;The Democratic Party&#8217;s platform states clearly our support for every woman&#8217;s right to make their own choices about their reproductive health and to have access to safe abortion services,&#8221; Perez said in a <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524962482/sanders-defends-campaigning-for-anti-abortion-rights-democrat">statement</a> released shortly after liberal activists took to social media to blacklist pro-life Democrats. &#8220;As DNC Chair, I stand by that position unequivocally, as I have my entire life.&#8221;
Longtime Democratic Senator Dick Durbin shared similar sentiments Sunday when he suggested that abortion was an untouchable sacred cow of the Democratic party.
&#8220;I am committed to women&#8217;s rights under the law, reproductive rights certainly, and our party is [committed],&#8221; Durbin <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/23/dick-durbin-tom-perez-to-28-percent-of-dems-who-oppose-abortion-get-in-line-or-get-out/">stated</a> during an interview with CNN. &#8220;We&#8217;ve made that part of our platform and position for a long, long time. I know within the ranks of the Democratic Party there are those who see that differently on a personal basis, but when it comes to the policy position, I think we need to be clear and unequivocal.&#8221;
As The Daily Caller noted, &#8220;The 28 percent of Democrats who oppose abortion have no place in the Democratic party, according to two of the party&#8217;s leading figures.&#8221;
Pro-abortion group NARAL went even further, calling Sanders and other Mello allies &#8220;politically stupid.&#8221;
&#8220;The actions today by the DNC to embrace and support a candidate for office who will strip women &#8211; one of the most critical constituencies for the party &#8211; of our basic rights and freedom is not only disappointing, it is politically stupid,&#8221; Ilyse Hogue, the president of abortion rights advocate NARAL Pro-Choice America, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524962482/sanders-defends-campaigning-for-anti-abortion-rights-democrat">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Today&#8217;s action makes this so-called &#8216;fight back tour&#8217; look more like a throw-back tour for women and our rights.&#8221;
One thing is clear. For many Democratic donors and party leaders, there&#8217;s no compromising when it comes to abortion.

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On Sunday, two high-ranking Democrats staked out competing positions on the necessity of supporting lawful access to abortion on-demand among their partisan colleagues.

RealClearPolitics (RCP) noted the differing positions between Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on whether support for lawful access to abortion for any reason is a prerequisite for being a Democrat.

RCP&#8217;s two top-featured video clips under its video centerpiece focus on the divergent positions of Durbin and Pelosi:

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In a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash for State of the Union, Durbin framed political support for wholesale access to lawful abortion as a requirement for all Democrat politicians:
 
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&#8220;I know within the ranks of the Democratic Party there are those who [the issue of abortion] differently on a personal basis, but when it comes to the policy position, we need to be clear and unequivocal, we need to be understanding of those take a different position because of personal conscience, but as long as they are prepared to back the law &#8211; Roe vs. Wade &#8211; prepared to back women&#8217;s rights as we&#8217;ve defined them under the law, I think they can be part of the party.&#8221;
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Durbin also described lawful access to wholesale abortion as an issue of &#8220;reproductive rights.&#8221;
Watch the clip of Durbin and Bash below:

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Pelosi took a different position in a Sunday interview with NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press. Asked if one can be a &#8220;pro-life Democrat,&#8221; Pelosi responded in the affirmative:
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&#8220;Of course. I have served many years in Congress with members who have not shared my very positive &#8211; my family would say &#8216;aggressive position&#8217; &#8211; on promoting a women&#8217;s right to choose.&#8221;
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Watch the clip of Pelosi with Todd below:
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Both Durbin and Pelosi omitted using the word &#8220;abortion&#8221; in their comments.

The shared inquiry from Bash and Todd likely came from communications they received from the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) regarding the Democrats&#8217; support for Heath Mello&#8217;s candidacy for mayor in Omaha, Nebraska.
NARAL <a href="https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/2017/04/20/naral-statement-dnc-chair-perez-senator-sanders-embracing-anti-choice-candidate-nebraska-today/">describes</a> Mello as an &#8220;anti-choice&#8221; candidate.

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez released a statement in response to NARAL framing support for lawful access to abortion without limits as essential for all Democrat politicians:
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&#8220;I fundamentally disagree with Heath Mello&#8217;s personal beliefs about women&#8217;s reproductive health. It is a promising step that Mello now shares the Democratic Party&#8217;s position on women&#8217;s fundamental rights. Every candidate who runs as a Democrat should do the same, because every woman should be able to make her own health choices.&#8221;
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NARAL is a left-wing Democrat-aligned political agitation group, dedicated to expanding lawful access to and taxpayer funding for abortion-on-demand. Its political arm enjoys <a href="https://actnow.prochoiceamerica.org/donate/boardc3/?referring_akid=undefined#.WPzNm9orKFo">501(c)(4) non-profit status</a>.

H/T Tim Hains at <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/">RealClearPolitics</a>

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Just how depraved are those who work in the baby-killing AKA “abortion” industry?
This depraved: a video showed an owner of three abortion facilities in Detroit <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-clinic-owner-burning-aborted-babies-for-energy-is-a-great-idea-vid">chortling</a> that burning dead babies&#8217; bodies for energy is &#8220;a great idea&#8221; and &#8220;a really good solution&#8221; for society.
The video was shot by the Center for Medical Progress at the NAF&#8217;s 2014 annual convention in San Francisco, where a Canadian abortionist announced, &#8220;Just before I came I had to handle some media&#8221; requests dealing &#8220;with a big, sort of, explosion of the incineration of fetal [tissue] and stillbirths.&#8221; The British Columbia Health Ministry had <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-aborted-babies-incinerated-in-oregon-waste-to-energy-facility-to-p">revealed</a> that “human tissue, such as surgically removed cancerous tissue, amputated limbs, and fetal tissue,” had been sent to the Covanta Marion waste-to-energy facility in Oregon.
Responding to the Canadian abortionist, Renee Chelian, the owner of the Detroit facilities, enthused, &#8220;It seems like a really good solution … It&#8217;s a potential PR nightmare,&#8221; adding jocularly, “I mean, nobody wants to know where the kneecaps are going.&#8221;
Still later, she reiterated, &#8220;It&#8217;s a PR nightmare for us. It would be on the front page of the paper: &#8216;Fetuses are being used for energy.&#8217; I mean, I think it&#8217;s a great idea, but &#8211;&#8221;
The Canadian abortionist interrupted, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about the rest of you, but certainly ours is going to Portland. The facility is a waste energy facility,” reassuring her listeners, &#8220;I&#8217;ve basically got the reporter spinning in so many details that she probably thinks, &#8216;It&#8217;s too complicated. Never mind!'&#8221;
<blockquote>&#8220;I&#8217;ve basically got the reporter spinning in so many details that she probably thinks, &#8216;It&#8217;s too complicated. Never mind!'&#8221;
Canadian abortionist on misleading the press and hiding that fetuses were burned for energy</blockquote>
General laughter ensued.
<a href="http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/">According</a> to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, over 52 million babies have been legally slaughtered in the United States since Roe V. Wade was decided in 1973.
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