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    First Congressional Planned Parenthood Hearing to Take Place Next Week

    Congress will hold its first hearing on the Planned Parenthood scandal following the August recess, the House Judiciary Committee has announced. The first of a series of hearings, titled, “Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider,” will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Planned Parenthood faces allegations that it…
    Kate Scanlon
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    SBA List to Screen Planned Parenthood Videos for Democrat Staffers

    The Susan B. Anthony List has organized a screening of the Center for Medical Progress’s undercover videos for Democratic Capitol Hill staffers. The Susan B. Anthony List, an organization that works to elect pro-life lawmakers, will screen each video on Thursday morning for the staffers in attendance. Copies of the full-length videos will be available after…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Why Women’s Health Care Will Thrive When Planned Parenthood Is Defunded

    Planned Parenthood does not offer any women’s health services that are not offered by other health care centers. None. The same services it provides are abundantly available, especially serving low-income individuals in urban and rural locations, while at the same time these alternative facilities don’t perform abortions. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health…
    Arina O. Grossu
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    5 Takeaways From the Planned Parenthood Videos

    Over the last several weeks, the Center for Medical Progress has released nine shocking undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s gruesome practice of selling organs of aborted babies. People need to watch these videos because they show exactly why $500 million in taxpayer money should be directed away from Planned Parenthood and toward health care providers…
    Melody Wood
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    Networks Still Aren’t Reporting on Planned Parenthood Videos

    Three major broadcast networks have not reported on the Center for Medical Progress’s undercover videos in one month, according to an analysis conducted by the Media Research Center. “In fact, the three broadcast networks, ABC, NBC and CBS, haven’t reported on a single video exposing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of aborted babies during their news shows in…
    Kate Scanlon
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    In New Video, Planned Parenthood Business Partner Defends Abortion, ‘That’s Where We Get Our Tissue’

    The Center for Medical Progress released a new undercover video on Tuesday of an employee of Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc., a company that procures fetal organs from Planned Parenthood clinics. The video depicts a conversation an actor portraying a potential buyer from a human biologics company had with Perrin Larton, the procurement manager for Advanced…
    Kate Scanlon
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    How the 3 Congressional Investigations of Planned Parenthood Will Work

    A Planned Parenthood-commissioned report on the string of undercover Planned Parenthood videos does not appear to have any impact on Congress’s ongoing investigations into the group’s alleged wrongdoings, The Daily Signal has learned. Congressional aides from all three committees investigating Planned Parenthood’s abortion and tissue donation practices confirmed that while they are aware of the…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    ‘Two Key Admissions’ Made By Planned Parenthood, According to Center for Medical Progress

    Planned Parenthood has made “two key admissions” about its fetal tissue program, according to the Center for Medical Progress, the organization behind a series of undercover videos depicting Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of fetal organs. The Center for Medical Progress has sent an open letter to Congress in response to a Planned Parenthood-commissioned report claiming…
    Kate Scanlon
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    4 Ways the Senate Could End Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood

    As the war on Planned Parenthood heats up, so does the Republican divide on how to best go about taking away the organization’s federal funding. Leadership in both chambers of Congress signaled they’re willing to go only so far in their fight to strip the organization of its government dollars—putting them at odds with conservatives…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    What the New York Times Didn’t Tell You About the Planned Parenthood Video Analysis

    The company commissioned by Planned Parenthood to analyze a series of undercover videos played a key role in 2012 to undermine Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Planned Parenthood hired Washington, D.C.-based Fusion GPS to examine videos released by the Center for Medical Progress over the past two months that have raised questions about the sale of fetal body parts. Fusion GPS’s…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Petition for White House to Watch Planned Parenthood Videos Needs Over 80,000 More Signatures

    A recent “We the People” petition is pushing for the Obama administration to watch the Planned Parenthood videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. It still needs over 80,000 signatures for a response from the administration. The online petition forum on the White House website, We the People, has 16,374 people as of Friday afternoon who…
    Leah Jessen
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    Kansas Cut Planned Parenthood’s Funding. Then the Obama Administration Retaliated.

    More people are paying attention to Planned Parenthood’s government funding following a series of undercover videos. But the fight over public funding for the abortion giant has been brewing for quite some time and is likely to get more rancorous. Case in point: Kansas. The state legislature and governor successfully moved to divert $300,000 in public funds…
    Nicholas Fondacaro
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    ‘Planned Parenthood Is Flailing’: Bobby Jindal Fights Back After Louisiana Sued for Terminating Medicaid Contract

    Planned Parenthood announced it will sue Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for terminating its Medicaid contract with the state. “Planned Parenthood is flailing,” said Mike Reed, Jindal’s communications director, in a statement to The Daily Signal. “This lawsuit is without merit and the state will aggressively defend our right to cancel the contract.” The lawsuit is…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Black Pastors Demand Smithsonian Remove Planned Parenthood Founder’s Bust

    Black pastors and conservative leaders drew a small crowd in front of the National Portrait Gallery Thursday demanding the removal of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s bust. Sanger’s tribute sits in the Smithsonian museum’s “Struggle for Justice” exhibit alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, a placement that minister and former Republican politician E.W. Jackson called…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Center for Medical Progress Calls Planned Parenthood-Commissioned Analysis of Videos ‘Complete Failure’

    The Center for Medical Progress has condemned a Planned Parenthood-commissioned analysis that claims the undercover videos released by the organization did not “present a complete or accurate record of the events,” according to the New York Times. “Planned Parenthood’s desperate, 11th-hour attempt to pay their hand-picked ‘experts’ to distract from the crimes documented on video is…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Is It True That Defunding Planned Parenthood Could ‘Curtail’ Medical Services? Fact-Checking Bob Casey’s Claim

    Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., made some questionable claims in an op-ed defending his vote to continue granting federal funds to Planned Parenthood. “Planned Parenthood facilities also provide many other basic health services, like cervical and breast cancer screening, as well as primary care and family planning,” Casey wrote in The Scranton Times-Tribune. “It is those…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Rep. Diane Black Explains to Sarah Palin Why Planned Parenthood Should Stop Receiving Tax Dollars

    “There is no reason in this world” why federal money should be spent on Planned Parenthood, said Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., while on air Monday with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. “[T]here are other agencies around—state health departments, county health departments,” Black stated. “And by the way, they are having to compete with Planned Parenthood…
    Leah Jessen
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    In New Video, StemExpress CEO Says She Wants ‘Intact Cases,’ ’50 Livers a Week’ From Abortion Facilities

    The Center for Medical Progress released a new undercover video of a meeting with Cate Dyer, chief executive of StemExpress. In the video, Dyer said StemExpress procures “intact cases” from abortion facilities such as Planned Parenthood clinics. The actors portraying buyers from a human biologics company met with Dyer to discuss a potential partnership between…
    Kate Scanlon
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    42 Photos From the Planned Parenthood Protests

    On Saturday, tens of thousands of people gathered in hundreds of rallies around the country to protest Planned Parenthood. The protesters numbered more than 60,000, according to the Pro-Life Action League. Twitter and Instagram users took to social media to share their photos with the world. Below are 42 shots from the day. #PlannedParenthood Protests Hit L.A. Clinic #UnbornLivesMatter…
    Leah Jessen
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    Bobby Jindal Orders Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Screened for Protesters

    Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal played undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives for pro-choice demonstrators that had gathered outside of the governor’s mansion Thursday. Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast planned the rally to protest Jindal’s decision to terminate the state’s Medicaid contract with the organization. Louisiana folks! Come out & rally for health care access!…
    Kate Scanlon
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