Alexis Fragosa is the Director of Government Relations for the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) in Washington, D.C. She is also the Director of the International Youth Coalition. She is here to discuss President Biden nominating Sarah Cleveland as the Chief Legal Advisor to the Department of State
While serving on the UN Human Rights Committee, Cleveland was a champion of abortion, advocating for General Comment 36, which asserts that governments must “remove existing barriers that deny effective access by women and girls to safe and legal abortion.” *One of the primary concerns is that under her guidance, the Department of State could incorporate a radical pro-abortion policy as part of the vast foreign assistance the US government issues worldwide.
*Even self-professed Pro-Life Senators seem to have no desire to fight her nomination. Not a single one brought up her extreme track record or questioned her suitability for one of the most important positions at the Department of State.
The Major Point: Alexis talks about how devastating this could be to the moral standing of the United States to allow a person with such radical views the keys to the kingdom of the State Department, and how this could lead to the US following the UN's lead in insisting that abortion is somehow a human right that must be promoted by all governments.
About Alexis:
Alexis Fragosa is the Director of Government Relations for the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) in Washington, D.C. She is also the Director of the International Youth Coalition (IYc). Alexis is a licensed attorney barred by the State of California. Before joining C-Fam, she practiced as a civil litigator in Los Angeles, California. Alexis earned her juris doctorate at Southwestern Law School and holds an M.B.A from Claremont Graduate University. During law school, Alexis served as a member of the Southwestern Journal of International Law and as president of SWLAW Federalist Society student chapter. She also externed in the chambers of the Honorable Alex Kozinski (Ret.) at the Ninth Circuit, Court of Appeals. Alexis is a 2014 C-Fam Edmund Burke fellow. Before attending law school, Alexis graduated with a dual degree in Classics and History from the University of California, Santa Barbara with honors. She reads and writes in Latin and Ancient Greek. Passionately pro-life, Alexis is founding board member for Vox Vitae, Be A Voice For Life, a Catholic Pro-Life youth camp dedicated to educating youth about Catholic social teaching and the protection of life from conception to death.