Biden Administration Signals Next "Public Health Emergency"
The Biden Administration has just signaled what it’s considering declaring as the next public health emergency, and it’s probably not what you’re thinking.
Federal bureaucrats love a good health emergency because they can throw the Constitution out the window to seize more power over the American people and reroute federal dollars to whatever cause they want, or in this case, protect the false “right” to abortion on demand.
The Biden administration is evaluating the possibility of declaring a public-health emergency on abortion, Department of Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday.
“There are discussions on a wide range of measures … that we can take to try to protect people’s rights,” Becerra reportedly told Axios. “There are certain criteria that you look for to be able to declare a public-health emergency. That’s typically done by scientists and those that are professionals in those fields who will tell us whether we are in a state of emergency and based on that, I have the ability to make a declaration.”
In other words, the Biden Administration, under the guidance of the most pro-abortion HHS Secretary ever, wants to direct more of your tax dollars to pay for abortions. The problem is it sounds like President Biden wants to violate the Hyde Amendment – which stops federal funds from being used to pay for abortions – to do so.
As my dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, explained how Biden’s possible plan is a violation of the Hyde Amendment, and what can be done in court to stop it before it starts:
The Hyde Amendment, which has been around for thirty years, specifically states that you cannot use federal funds for accessing abortion.
That would include funds from the federal government given to the states to be used for travel for people to go to states that have [pro-]abortion laws, so they call it destination abortion travel. That would be a violation of the Hyde Amendment, so I think what you do, and I know we’re looking at this already, is prepare to go to federal court. Because what you can do is get what’s called an injunction, like a temporary restraining order, but here you’d want it to go more than 14 days – TROs are only good for 14 days – [and] a preliminary injunction can go on for months. Get a preliminary injunction, then get declaratory relief. Declaratory relief means you get an injunction in place saying you can’t use federal funds to give to the states for this abortion activity. Then the declaratory judgment comes in and says we declare that what the federal government is proposing here, or is doing, is in fact unconstitutional or violates statutes. Here it would be a statutory violation.
So that’s how we’re going to handle it. But it’s interesting that they’re seeking an emergency . . . because they will also, I guarantee you, they will start regulating even further the pro-life resource centers, of which we’ve got our team working with them from coast-to-coast right now because they’re already being regulated, or attempted to be regulated out of business.
I know this will be upsetting for some, but it’s time for blunt talk: The Biden Administration wants to make killing babies easier. Because it’s not easy enough for them anymore, thanks in part to our work helping to overturn Roe, fighting for babies, and defending pro-life laws across the county.
The Biden Administration wants to make abortion easy and free (as in taxpayer funded), and as extreme – and horrifying – as possible so that its true master, Planned Parenthood, can fill its coffers with more and more blood money.
The ACLJ is fighting back. We warned you Roe was not the end. The war rages on, and desperation over losing Roe only served to further upset and activate the radical Left. But guess what? We’re mad too, and we’re fighting tooth and nail to decimate these nefarious attempts by the Biden Administration to strengthen the abortion industry’s deadly grip on our nation.
We will keep you updated as we take action in court.
Today’s full Sekulow broadcast includes more critical analysis of Biden’s attempts to funnel more money to abortion, squash pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers out of existence, and allow for more extreme abortion access, with or without Roe.
Watch the full broadcast below: