DOJ Orders Destruction of 5 Aborted Babies Held as Evidence in Pro-life Case

The medical examiner’s office in Washington has informed attorneys from the Thomas More Society that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed them to destroy the remains of five babies this week. The remains had been retained as evidence following a request by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other legislators after allegations surfaced that the babies were victims of illegal late-term abortions. “It has recently been brought to my attention that the D.C. government may incinerate the bodies of these five children without conducting an investigation, without performing any autopsies, and without affording these children a proper, respectful burial,” Mr. Cruz wrote in 2022....