The Washington Post, citing two anonymous sources, reported in 2022 that the D.C. medical examiner’s office had no plans to conduct an autopsy.
When the babies were obtained by PAAU in 2022, the group published the photos of the babies online, calling for an autopsy.
Speaking of the PAAU representatives who obtained the remains, Cruz said that “these two pro-life activists encountered the mutilated bodies of five preemie-sized aborted babies, babies that, given their size and maturity, may very well have been aborted in violation of federal law. Accordingly, this evidence warrants an investigation,” he said.
“Specifically, and while I understand that the DOJ is pressuring the D.C. medical examiner to dispose of the bodies, I am demanding in the strongest possible terms that you do not do so,” he wrote. “Furthermore, I ask that Mayor Bowser and Police Chief Smith direct the Chief Medical Examiner Diaz to conduct an autopsy of each of these five children’s bodies.”
Cruz said that it is “highly likely” that after the upcoming November elections, Republicans will take over the Senate.
“At that time, when I am chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, I will schedule hearings on likely violations, like those at issue with these five children, such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 and the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act,” he said.
“These hearings will also no doubt scrutinize the behavior of those who obstructed Senate investigatory efforts by willfully destroying evidence despite not one, but two demands to preserve evidence,” he said.
“Please confirm proof of your compliance with these evidence preservation demands no later than Feb. 9, 2024,” he concluded.
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