The two organizations argue that should Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading abortion provider, be stripped of its taxpayer funding, the federal money could be absorbed by any of these other clinics. The order came as Planned Parenthood was under fire nationally following the release of a series of undercover videos by the pro-life group Center for Medical Progress, including footage that showed a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing the disposition of fetal tissue. The tens of thousands of people in our communities who depend on us for high-quality, low-cost reproductive health care and medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education should never be deprived of the services and programs Planned Parenthood provides. He says an appropriate response is to have more oversight of what Planned Parenthood does with the federal funds.
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Anti-abortion activists say the videos, which they selectively edited, prove the group profits from the sale of fetal tissue, which is illegal.
News10 reached out to Planned Parenthood for comment late Monday; at the time of this post, the organization has not responded. A protest was held outside StemExpress today at noon; similar events are planned Wednesday and Friday, she said. O’Donnell reveals that Planned Parenthood often harvested tissue without the knowledge or consent of the pregnant women, violating federal law. “In Louisiana, all of our work is about preventive health care”, including breast exams, cervical cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment. Branstad on Monday described Planned Parenthood’s actions as “outrageous and inappropriate”.
“Planned Parenthood’s rigorous medical standards and guidelines are informed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Family Planning, other professional organizations and published literature”.
“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population”, Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger wrote in 1939.
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Those videos have spurred the most energized campaign to “defund” the nonprofit organization in several years – joined by Republicans in Congress; state capitals, especially in the South; and the 2016 presidential field. Rosenbaum also told The Daily Signal that ending Planned Parenthood funding would create an immediate health care access crisis for millions of women.
