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Rep. Chris Roy, R-Texas, and several House members and pro-life leaders hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2024, in which they demand a federal investigation into the possible illegal killing of five unborn babies.

House members call for investigation into DC’s five late-term aborted babies

Feb 14, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Several members of Congress and pro-life leaders held a press conference in front of the Capitol on Wednesday. Read more

PAAU activists hold a rally outside Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022.

Cremation of DC’s five late-term aborted babies halted, law firm says

Feb 12, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

The secular pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) originally obtained the remains of the aborted babies in March 2022. Read more

Supporters of abortion rights confront PAAU activists outside of Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022.

Pro-life groups ask Congress to ‘intervene’ in disposal of aborted baby bodies

Feb 8, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

The secular pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) originally obtained the remains of the aborted babies in March 2022. Read more

PAAU activists hold a rally outside Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022.

Pro-life activists offer $25k for information about DC abortion doctor

May 4, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Pro-life activists offered a $25,000 reward Wednesday to anyone who comes forward with information about illegal activity by Washington, D.C.,... Read more

Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising holds a protest outside the office of District of Columbia mayor Muriel Bowser, April 7, 2022.

Law, politics, and five abortion victims: Will justice prevail in DC?

Apr 7, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

The bodies of five abortion victims in the District of Columbia have captured headlines, with pro-life activists asking if they... Read more

A red-brick row house (C) is seen where DC Metro Police said they found five fetuses inside where anti-abortion activists were living earlier this week in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on April 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Nine people, some of whom lived or stayed in the house, were indicted Wednesday on federal civil rights counts, with prosecutors alleging that they violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act when they blockaded an abortion clinic with chain and rope in 2020. Authorities do not know how the fetuses were obtained or how they got into the home where anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy was staying before she was arrested.

After police find aborted fetal remains at home of DC pro-life activist, group pledges full explanation

Apr 1, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Police on Wednesday found the remains of at least five aborted fetuses at the Washington, D.C. home of activist Lauren... Read more

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