Mon Apr 11, 2022 – 5:51 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Dozens of Republican lawmakers signed on to a letter Friday calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to direct the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate the deaths of the five nearly full-term aborted babies found in Washington, D.C. late last month.
The move came as pro-life groups last week rallied outside the Washington, D.C. medical examiner’s office — where the bodies of the murdered babies are being held — demanding a full investigation into the infants’ deaths.
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In the April 8 letter, 23 senators and 46 representatives said they “are gravely concerned by allegations brought forward that suggest a preborn baby underwent a partial-birth abortion at the Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C.”
“We demand that you conduct a comprehensive investigation on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of each preborn baby,” they wrote.
The letter was led by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, and co-signed by a bevy of Republican lawmakers including Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Josh Hawley of
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