WARNING: This article references graphic images.
A video posted on the YouTube channel of Live Action News contains graphic content in regard to a story that surfaced in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday. “Aborted babies discovered in DC may indicate infanticide after attempted abortions,” reports the news outlet.
The video below contains graphic content from Live Action News
Live Action relates this video to a story reported last week by local CBS affiliate WUSA9, that the Washington, D.C., “medical examiner collected five fetuses from inside the home of an anti-abortion protester” named Lauren Handy. D.C. Police Executive Assistant Chief Ashan Benedict told reporters the following day that the examiner’s office confirmed the “fetuses” were aborted according to city laws.
However, Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), a group for which Handy serves as director of activism, asks: “Do their bodies show evidence of violent felonies and violations of federal law?” PAAU plans a press conference on Tuesday, April 5 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill to answer questions about the situation.
“We are aware that the Metropolitan Police Department has stated that they do not believe a crime has been committed against these babies under D.C. law,” states PAAU founder and executive director Terrisa Bukovinac in her organization’s press release. “However, the laws in question are federal laws enforced by the US Department of Justice.”
The press release explains arrangements were made for Washington, D.C., police to pick up the “recently discovered bodies of aborted babies for forensic evidence.” PAAU suspects violations of the federal partial-birth abortion ban and the Born Alive Infants Protection Act due to the “late gestational ages” and “apparent sustained injuries.”
“This story has turned into the accusation that Handy is somehow this creepy person who is keeping fetuses in her basement. And it’s nothing like that … this wasn’t a random search or tips from some strange person, but a coordinated, planned event,” PAAU tweeted on Saturday.
As evidence of their claim, PAAU also tweeted a March 29 letter from retired Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley informing the D.C. medical examiner and police department about the bodies. Cooley’s letter states:
I have been contacted by an entity that very recently came into possession of [redacted] fetuses. The fetuses were provided by a whistleblower whose identity is unknown. It appears that some of the fetuses were a result of late-term abortion(s) or possibly live birth abortions. The fetuses are presently in Washington, D.C.
The purpose of this communication is to advise appropriate authorities of this situation and request an investigation and forensic examination be undertaken as required by applicable law.
However, the CBS affiliate reported that the medical examiner’s office obtained the infants’ bodies in a “raid” of Handy’s home on March 30. In interesting timing, on the same day the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against Handy and eight other pro-life activists for an incident that occurred more than one year ago, in October 2020, at the Washington Surgi-Clinic where Dr. Cesare Santangelo kills babies with alleged impunity under D.C. law. The DOJ press release states that the nine people “forcefully entered the clinic and set about blockading two clinic doors using their bodies, furniture, chains and ropes.” The defendants face charges of federal civil rights conspiracy and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act “for obstructing patients and providers of a reproductive health services facility.” Five of them are over the age of 60; three are women over age 70. If convicted, each could receive a maximum of 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $350,000.
Live Action News reports that the infants’ bodies recovered last week came from this same facility. The Washington Surgi-Clinic boasts 3.3 stars in Google reviews. The most recent is a one-star criticism posted last week which tells the horrifying story of a botched abortion at the clinic:
The reviewer’s account fits with undercover footage that Live Action released in 2013 exposing Santangelo admitting his methods:
A Facebook post by AJ Hurley, executive director of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, includes graphic video as well as pictures of a box indicating that the “Special Medical Waste” inside it came from “Washington Surgi Center” and was transported by Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services. “These are the victims picked up by Lauren Handy,” reads Hurley’s April 1 post. “The real house of Horrors is Washington Surgi Clinic and Dr. Cesare F. Santangelo.”
The Curtis Bay website provides sickening insight into the likely end of most babies’ bodies after they suffer abortion:
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PAAU’s press release states that a “funeral mass and ‘naming ceremony’ was offered for the deceased babies” that Handy found.
