The Center for Medical Progress videos prompted Governor Mike Pence to order an investigation into the handling of body parts by Planned Parenthood clinics in Indiana.
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Yesterday the Women Speak Out PAC, a partner of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA), released a report showing that Planned Parenthood’s worldwide arm received $26 million in foreign-aid money during Clinton’s last two years at the State Department. “For this payment, the wholesaler is allowed to place a retrieval agent inside the clinic where he or she is given access to the corpses of children killed there and a workspace to harvest their parts”. “That security has been compromised by the illegal activities of a group with ties to those who believe it is justifiable to murder abortion providers”.
It is sad if we’ve reached the point where the Democrats are the party of abortion, including baby parts after 12 weeks!
Rick Scott called for an investigation of the 16 Planned Parenthood facilities in Florida that perform abortions. She also said there are strict rules prohibiting most federal funds from being used for abortions, rules that her organization follows. Therefore, taxpayers are probably indirectly funding the abortion business; while advocates claim abortions make up only 3 percent of medical services provided by Planned Parenthood.
The Southwest Florida Conservative Coalition wants federal funding discontinued for Planned Parenthood and is chastising Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, for supporting the organization. The capacity to serve this population does not exist and won’t magically spring up overnight.
Planned Parenthood has also said it abides by all laws and require the consent of the woman undergoing the procedure before the fetal parts are donated.
One important fact in assessing how to respond is their scarcity. As the mayor of New York City I stand with Planned Parenthood and the 76,000 New Yorkers who turn to Planned Parenthood each year for vital sexual and reproductive health services education and training.
“[A] little-known anti-abortion activist”, Mother Jones reported, “ignited a firestorm by releasing… selectively edited videos”.
Another is the justification for donations: The tissue goes to researchers studying Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis and miscarriage, among other health issues. Florida law bans the purchase or sale of human organs and tissue.
In a statement on behalf of its many campuses, the University of California’s Office of the President defended continuing research that uses fetal and placental tissue, saying it remains “vital to finding treatments and cures for a wide variety of adult and childhood diseases and medical conditions”.
First, the videos were edited for TV but a full version is available in the website. “To that end, we must continue to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable healthcare and the resources to help build strong families within our community and around the state“.
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But I wrote in June about the paradox of anti-abortion organizations’ antipathy toward expanding the availability of long-acting birth control – a policy that would do more than anything else (including severe abortion restrictions) to reduce abortions. The videos exploit that queasiness.
