On Sunday, January 22, the anniversary of Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, President Joe Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Justice, Attorney General, and the Secretary Department of Homeland Security to do two things: 1) protect the distribution of dangerous chemical abortion drugs and 2) attack pro-life people, by saying, “…consider new actions to ensure that patients can access…medication abortion…free from threats or violence.” This Memorandum builds upon Biden’s July 8th Executive Order directing Attorney General Garland to investigate the so-called “fraudulent practices” of pro-life pregnancy centers, prompting the Department of Justice to create the Reproductive Rights Task Force on July 12, 2022.
Q&A:
- What does Biden’s Memorandum direct the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to do?
Answer: Biden’s Presidential Memorandum directs the Department of Justice, Attorney General, and the Secretary Department of Homeland Security to do two things: 1) protect the distribution of dangerous chemical abortion drugs and 2) attack pro-life people, by saying, “…consider new actions to ensure that patients can access…medication abortion…free from threats or violence.” Memoranda carry the force of law regarding the actions of departments under the purview of the President.
- How is this Memorandum related to other actions Biden has taken against pro-life people?
Answer: This Memorandum builds upon Biden’s July 8th Executive Order directing Attorney General Garland to investigate the so-called “fraudulent practices” of pro-life pregnancy centers, prompting the Department of Justice to create the Reproductive Rights Task Force on July 12, 2022, after which, the DOJ through the FBI began raiding the homes of peaceful pro-life people, indicting even more on fabricated FACE Act charges.
- What does this action say about how the Biden Administration views pro-life people?
Answer: The Memorandum promotes a false narrative that pro-life people are committing violence against abortionists while ignoring the vast left-wing war being waged against them. Of the 186 attacks on pro-life entities, no arrests have been made nor have there been any sanctions on pro-abortion politicians fomenting the violence nor on big tech for actively censoring pro-life pregnancy centers.
- The Memorandum directly responds to an open letter from 22 State Attorneys General to the FDA. Your thoughts?
Answer: Biden’s Memorandum attempts to contravene the intent of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, sending the abortion debate back to the states to determine for themselves. The Memorandum directly conflicts with the Attorneys General of nearly half of the States. Vice President Kamala Harris, announcing the Memorandum in an effort to attack FL Governor DeSantis, continuing to exploit a 10-year-old girl who was raped by her mother’s boyfriend—which was allegedly covered up according to Fox News—reprimanded those same 22 states for protecting women and girls from similar sex crime cover-ups under state law saying, “…today, we are fighting back.”
- What can we expect to happen next?
Answer: The Biden Administration has been on a character assassination campaign against pro-life people since at least July of 2022. Leading up to the Mid-Terms, they overplayed their hand, drawing the attention of U.S. Senators such as Ted Cruz and hosts of U.S. Congressmen, sparking an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee. However, with the 2024 Presidential Elections looming, the Administration’s actions on January 22 indicate that their intent is to continue making abortion their primary election plank.
Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO:
Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div. is the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services and lives outside of Rochester, NY with his wife and ten children. Rev. Harden pioneered the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, helping hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. He has written extensively on medical ethics, executive leadership, and pro-life strategy. Recently CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo, NY was firebombed.
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