
Senate Confirms Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary
Becerra will take the helm of the nation's health agency amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with legal experience but critics have pointed to his lack of public health experience.
Becerra will take the helm of the nation's health agency amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with legal experience but critics have pointed to his lack of public health experience.
Levine has been outspoken on social issues, supporting gender-transition surgery and the contraceptive mandate while opposing a proposed 20-week abortion ban.
More than 40 prominent pro-life leaders sent a letter to the U.S. Senate last week, urging the rejection of President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee in light of Becerra’s ‘anti-life, anti-religion’ biases.
As attorney general of California, Becerra has repeatedly fought Catholics and pro-lifers in court, including a loss at the Supreme Court in 2018, after the state tried to force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise abortion services.
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