By Peter Pinedo, CNA, Sept. 26, 2024
Peter Pinedo is a DC Correspondent for CNA. A graduate of Franciscan University, Peter previously worked for Texas Right to Life. He is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 26, 2024 / 17:36 pm – At a hearing held by U.S. Senate Democrats this week doctors, experts, and Republicans disputed claims that former president Donald Trump and state pro-life laws enacted after the overturn of Roe v. Wade are causing the deaths of women across the country.
Dr. Christina Francis, an OB-GYN, along with several doctors from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified that pro-abortion misinformation, not pro-life laws, is responsible for “dangerous” delays in women receiving emergency care.
Francis said the hearing, titled “Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women’s Health Care,” was “an attempt to redirect the public’s attention away from the true danger to women’s health, unregulated and dangerous abortions.” …