Biden health pick taking heat for support of abortion rights
(WorldNews Health)

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden`s pick for health secretary is taking heat from Republicans for his actions in support of abortion rights. They want to define him — and the new administration — as out of the mainstream. The nomination of Xavier Becerra faces a key vote Wednesday in the Senate Finance committee. It`s a test, too, for national groups opposed to abortion, trying to deny a president who favors abortion rights his choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra is paying a price for defending, as California attorney general, some of the nation`s most liberal laws and policies on abortion...