{"id":2222735,"date":"2024-04-16T19:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-words-not-mine-gop-senator-grills-biden-health-secretary-over-no-limits-abortion\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:19:12","slug":"your-words-not-mine-gop-senator-grills-biden-health-secretary-over-no-limits-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-words-not-mine-gop-senator-grills-biden-health-secretary-over-no-limits-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Questions Biden Health Secretary on No-Limits Abortion Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyour-words-not-mine-gop-senator-grills-biden-health-secretary-over-no-limits-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana questioned Health and Human\u2064 Services Secretary \u200cXavier Becerra on his abortion stance, specifically on supporting\u200b no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-senate-forecast-shows-three-states-slipping-from-dems\/\" title=\"New Senate Forecast Shows Three States Slipping From Dems\">-limits abortion<\/a> even\u2062 in the case of \u200ca healthy mother \u2063and baby one \u2063day\u2064 before birth. Becerra\u2064 avoided giving a direct answer,\u200b prompting \u200bKennedy to \u200bpress further during a Tuesday hearing. \u200dThe interaction \u2062was captured and shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>. Senator \u2062John Kennedy of Louisiana challenged Health and Human \u2063Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on his \u200dabortion views, particularly regarding \u200dunrestricted abortion even for a healthy mother and baby near birth. Becerra evaded a \u200bclear response, leading to further questioning by Kennedy in a recent Tuesday \u2064hearing. The exchange was recorded \u2063and circulated\u2064 on social platforms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/xavier-becerra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xavier Becerra<\/a> over his position on abortion, asking whether there was any case in which he would support imposing restrictions on women seeking to terminate their pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday hearing, Kennedy posed a hypothetical scenario \u2014 a healthy baby and a healthy mother, one day before the due date \u2014 and Becerra repeatedly refused to say whether he\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-arizona-dem-candidate-wants-abortion-up-until-birth\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Arizona Dem Candidate Wants Abortion Up Until Birth\">support banning abortion<\/a> even in that case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are you embarrassed to answer?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Would you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-does-not-support-making-130b-for-schools-in-stimulus-contingent-on-schools-reopening\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden Does Not Support Making 0B For Schools In Stimulus Contingent On Schools Reopening\">support making<\/a> it illegal to abort a baby, if the mother is healthy, and the baby is healthy, on the day before that baby is scheduled to be born?&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnKennedy<\/a> presses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBecerra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBecerra<\/a> on his support for no-limits abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2mkoSGW0i\">pic.twitter.com\/K2mkoSGW0i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbaprolife\/status\/1780275185125392535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After thanking Secretary Becerra for his time, Kennedy jumped straight to the heart of his questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Secretary, if the mother is healthy and the baby is healthy, do you really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-to-new-life-in-the-new-year\/\" title=\"Here's to New Life in the New Year\">support abortion<\/a> of the baby up to the moment of birth?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, let me make sure \u2014 to the moment of birth? You\u2019re saying after gestation, the 40 weeks \u2014\u201d Becerra attempted to clarify the question.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy obliged, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s suppose \u2014 suppose it\u2019s the day before the due date, and the baby is fully formed and the baby is healthy and the mother is healthy, do you support aborting \u2014 the right to abort the baby then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard no one say that,\u201d Becerra protested, claiming that \u201creproductive rights\u201d advocates were only saying that they supported the provisions of the recently-overturned 1973 case <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy responded by reading a 2020 statement from Becerra himself, who said at the time, \u201cNo government, state or federal, has the right to make decisions for a woman about her body or her health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour words, not mine,\u201d Kennedy added. \u201cI ask you again, up to the moment of birth, if the mother\u2019s healthy and the baby\u2019s healthy, do you believe that there should be the right to abort that baby? Up to the moment of birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becerra again claimed that he had \u201calways supported <em>Roe v, Wade<\/em>, which doesn\u2019t do what you just said,\u201d and said that he did not know of anyone who was arguing in favor of abortion until the moment of birth. He went on to say that it should still be a decision left entirely up to a woman and her doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy tried once more, asking Becerra directly whether he would support any restrictions on abortion in cases where both mother and baby were healthy and the baby was full term. The HHS Secretary would only answer that he would support bringing back <em>Roe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want your answer,\u201d Kennedy pressed again. \u201c<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> has been overturned. I want your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even as Kennedy repeated the direct question several more times, Becerra refused to give a straight answer.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on abortion, pressing him about possible scenarios for imposing restrictions on women seeking pregnancy termination. 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