The derailed legislation was the Republican response to videos, recorded secretly by anti-abortion activists, showing Planned Parenthood officials dispassionately discussing how they sometimes provide medical researchers with tissue from aborted fetuses.
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“We didn’t know this kind of thing could happen in the United States”. This is about decency of human life.
A third video was of an interview with a technician talking about harvesting fetal body parts and included graphic footage. Bill Holtzclaw, R-Madison.
Rick Scott is changing the rules related to abortions to create a “false impression” that Planned Parenthood is not operating in line with state standards.
Santorum said that he “would embrace” the call for a full investigation.
“This is not about abortion“, Hightower said. This just codifies that and will make sure there’s no question.
“We do not launch investigations in the state of New Hampshire on rumor”, she said.
Planned Parenthood came under attack for its alleged fetal tissue research. There’s no chance it can then be used in a sale.
While the abortion provider argues that it does not profit from the donation of aborted fetal tissue, the videos have led lawmakers to call for a federal defunding of the abortion organization, as well as an investigation into its practices.
Planned Parenthood offers a program to assist at-risk parents keeping their child, Turner said. Governor Bentley has stated in a recent tweet that as a doctor, he respects human life and does not want to be associated with an organization like Planned Parenthood.
Yellowhammer has obtained a copy of the letter sent to Planned Parenthood CEO Staci Fox Thursday afternoon.
“And one or two of them contract with Planned Parenthood to do some of the clinical work that public health departments do”. Updated at 4:49 p.m.to add information from state Medicaid Agency on services paid at Planned Parenthood clinics. Term Amendment, and Termination, the Agency is exercising its ability to terminate the existing agreement(s) with Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. with fifteen (15) days written notice. In 2014, $933.79 was paid for an office visit, one intrauterine device insertion and injections. Medicaid paid the group $3,417.58 for office visits, contraceptive implants and birth control shots.
Liberal media outlets like the Huffington Post have also pointed a crooked finger of blame at Jeb Bush, saying his actions have hurt women’s health care – a popular liberal euphemism for abortion – in Florida. The services did not include abortions.
However, it’s important to remember that these bills could only cut federal funds.
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Scott ordered last week’s inspections amid a backdrop of national controversy surrounding allegations that some Planned Parenthood clinics are illegally selling fetal body parts.
