Following Friday’s March for Life, anti-abortion advocacy group Students for Life held its National Pro-Life Summit on Saturday. Speakers included right-wing figures like Jack Posobiec, the author with a long history of promoting antisemitic and white supremacist content, former “Hercules” actor Kevin Sorbo, collegiate swimmer turned anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, and representatives from the Heritage Foundation and the Alliance Defending Freedom. Joining former Virginia Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpepper) for opening remarks was two top officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and Assistant Secretary for Health and Head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Adm. Brian Christine.
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DeGette: Lift Trump Ban on Fetal Tissue Research to Find COVID-19 Cure
WASHINGTON– Lawmakers are searching for every possible avenue to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and some House Democrats, including Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding the Trump administration lift restrictions on the use of human fetal tissue, mostly resulting from abortions, to help researchers develop medicines for COVID-19.