Rewire.News: HHS Secretary Praised for Stringent Abortion Regulations at House Committee Hearing
“During a congressional hearing Wednesday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the ‘policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.’ Azar spoke on a number of issues, ranging from the global gag rule (GGR) on abortion to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) … During the committee hearing, Azar reiterated President Trump’s commitment to ‘not funding, supporting, and subsidizing organizations that refer for or support abortion’…” (Vasquez, 6/6).