50 Pro-Life Groups Call for Investigation of Five Babies Killed in Infanticides or Abortions

     Steven Ertelt   |   Apr 9, 2024   |   10:17AM   |   Washington, DC 
from:  https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/09/50-pro-life-groups-call-for-investigation-of-five-babies-killed-in-infanticides-or-abortions/ 

Two years ago, pro-life advocates made a horrific discovery when they opened boxes of medical waste from a late-term abortion facility in Washington, D.C.

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Inside were the bodies of 115 aborted babies, including five who appeared to be nearly full term and possibly victims of illegal partial-birth abortions or infanticide.

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However, D.C. officials seemingly have done nothing to investigate the horrific discovery despite repeated calls from U.S. Congressional leaders and pro-life advocates. Undercover investigations exposing other unethical and potentially illegal activity by abortionist Cesare Santangelo and his Washington Surgi-Clinic appear to have gone ignored as well.

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Now, Pro-life groups are urging the House Judiciary Committee and pro-life Chairman Jim Jordan to hold a thorough hearing while continuing the fight for justice for the five babies. The babies are five children whose lives were reportedly brutally ended at the clinic of a notorious late-term abortionist in Washington D.C.

The letter appears below:

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Dear Chairman Jordan,

We are grateful for the timely intervention of House Judiciary Subcommittee Chairmen Chip Roy and Andy Biggs on behalf of the D.C. Five this February.  The D.C. Five—ngel, Christopher X, Harriet, Holly, and Phoenix—are five children whose lives were reportedly brutally ended at the clinic of notorious late-term abortionist Dr. Cesare Santangelo in Washington D.C. The Biden administration has so far refused to investigate the deaths of these children, despite evidence of potential federal crimes, and instead greenlit discarding their bodies. Dozens of members of Congress stepped in to block the D.C. Medical Examiner from disposing of their remains prematurely. We urge the House Judiciary Committee to investigate Cesare Santangelo’s practices and to demand justice for the Five.

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The bodies of the D.C. Five were discovered by pro-life activists two years ago, on March 25, 2022, outside of the Washington Surgi-Clinic, only five blocks from the White House. The lives of these five children were ended late in pregnancy. Although the activists who found them asked the police to investigate, and despite repeated requests from members of Congress and the public, to date, no autopsies or investigations have occurred. In the meantime, several Ob-Gyns including former abortionists have reviewed many pictures of the remains and determined the likely gestational ages of these babies and the probable procedures used by which their lives were ended.

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While these experts believe ngel and Holly may have been killed via the tragically legal procedure of dismemberment abortion, several federal laws – including the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act (18 USC § 1531) and/or the Born Alive Infants Protection Act (1 USC § 8)  allegedly may have been violated in conjunction with the deaths of the other three.[1] These are the estimated gestational ages of the babies who were potential victims of federal crimes:

• Harriet (possible partial-birth abortion): 28-29 weeks

• Christopher X (possibly born-alive): 32-33 weeks

• Phoenix (possibly born-alive): 25-26 weeks

 

Members of Congress and of the public have continued calling on the Department of Justice and the mayor of the District of Columbia to investigate Cesare Santangelo and the deaths of the Five.

 

Nonetheless, no investigation has occurred, and there is evidence indicating they have no intention to investigate.

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Instead of investigating Cesare Santangelo and his practice for these alleged federal crimes, the Biden administration submitted a budget that would fund abortion for any reason at any stage of development in D.C. They have turned a blind eye to these tragic deaths and alleged crimes and instead proposed sending more business to abortion clinics in the District—including the Washington Surgi-Clinic—with taxpayer dollars.

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Because the District of Columbia falls under federal jurisdiction and federal crimes may have been committed by Cesare Santangelo, we urge the House Judiciary Committee to hold a thorough hearing into the D.C. Five. These five children should be toddlers now, but instead are lying in a morgue awaiting the justice that continues to be denied to them. Cesare Santangelo must be investigated. We demand Justice for the Five.

Sincerely,

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Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America                        

Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising

Thomas More Society                                               

Americans United for Life

American Association of Prolife Obstetricians         

Concerned Women for America & Gynecologists

Legislative Action Committee

Family Policy Alliance                                              

Family Research Council

March for Life Action                                               

National Right to Life

Students for Life Action                                            

The Abortion Survivors Network

Live Action                                                                

CatholicVote

Center for Family and Human Rights                       

Eagle Forum

Ethics and Public Policy Center                                

The Center for Medical Progress

American Cornerstone Institute                              

The FAMiLY Leader

Choose-Life America                                                

Citizens for a Pro-Life Society

Coalition for Jewish Values                                       

Good Counsel

Human Coalition Action                                           

Human Life Alliance

Human Life of Washington                                       

Kentucky Right to Life

Liberty Counsel                                                         

Liberty Counsel Action

Life Issues Institute                                                   

Life Legal Defense Foundation

Life Matters TV and Media, Inc.                               

LifeNews.com

Louisiana Family Forum                                           

NC Values Coalition

New Mexico Alliance for Life                                  

Ohio Right to Life

Operation Rescue                                                      

Priests for Life

Pro-Life Action League                                             

Protect Life Michigan

Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn                             

Secular Pro-Life

South Dakota Right to Life                                       

Speakhope.net

Stand True                                                       

The White Rose Resistance

Wisconsin Family Action                                          

Wyoming Family Alliance

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Images of the brutalized remains of these children have been circulated across the globe and appear to be evidence of federal crimes including violations of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act and the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.

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Earlier this year, the Biden administration ordered destruction of the babies’ bodies — which could permanently destroy the criminal evidence. But pro-life attorneys were able to stop it.

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Caroline Taylor Smith, Executive Director of PAAU, the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, says this day has long been feared and she told LifeNews that destruction of their bodies could forever deny them justice.

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“We suspected that Biden’s DOJ would attempt to sweep this evidence under the rug. This is yet another step in the coordinated effort to protect Big Abortion and Caesare Santangelo’s horrific crimes. These children cry out for justice and we won’t stop fighting for them,” she told LifeNews.

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In March 2022, Terrisa Bukovinac and Lauren Handy found the bodies of the five late-term aborted babies and more than 100 first-trimester aborted babies in boxes that they received from a truck driver who was collecting medical waste from Santangelo’s abortion facility.

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Last year, dozens of U.S. Congressional leaders joined pro-life advocates in demanding a federal investigation into Santangelo’s practice. However, some expressed doubts that the U.S. Department of Justice will do anything because pro-abortion Democrat officials with the Biden administration lead the agency.