“There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”
What PolitiFact found
Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003, and the Supreme Court upheld it in 2007. Becerra was a member of Congress and voted against the law when it came up in the House.
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In short
Xavier Becerra (HHS secretary) made this claim around 12 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Xavier Becerra has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- energycommerce.house.govhttps://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-the-fiscal-year-2…
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