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    How a Transportation Bill Could Revive the Export-Import Bank and Tackle Planned Parenthood

    As the Senate prepares to debate legislation addressing the financial future of the Highway Trust Fund, several senators are looking to the bill as a vehicle to address controversial issues, including Obamacare and Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. The Senate voted Wednesday night on a procedural measure to advance the highway funding bill, which has been dubbed…
    Melissa Quinn
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    What the New York Times Got Wrong About the Planned Parenthood Videos

    According to the folks at the New York Times, this whole Planned Parenthood story is not a story. And if anybody needs to be investigated, says the Times, it’s certainly not the country’s largest abortion provider, which we’ve now learned is possibly also in the business of selling aborted babies’ livers, hearts and other body…
    Genevieve Wood
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    Undercover Videos Show Why We Must Defund Planned Parenthood

    A video released last week by the Center for Medical Progress shocked the nation by showing an executive of Planned Parenthood sipping wine and casually talking about the going rate for the organs of aborted infants. Yesterday morning, another undercover video compounded outrage toward Planned Parenthood’s activities. It once again raises the question of whether…
    Jim DeMint
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    These Senators Want Planned Parenthood Investigated

    Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and 10 other senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell requesting that they launch an investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood is selling fetal organs. Two undercover videos have been released by the Center for Medical Progress showing two Planned…
    Kate Scanlon
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    The Relationship Between Planned Parenthood and Redefining Marriage

    Last week many of us were disgusted to learn Planned Parenthood is harvesting and selling body parts from aborted children. As the largest provider of abortion in America, Planned Parenthood is part of the problem, on the “supply” side. But as we all learned in Econ 101, there’s both supply and demand. What’s behind the…
    Ryan T. Anderson
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    13 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger

    Planned Parenthood, engulfed in a scandal following the release of two undercover videos, is the largest abortion provider in the United States. On its website, the organization compliments Margaret Sanger as one of the pro-choice movement’s “great heroes.” Sanger started the American Birth Control League in 1921; it became part of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America…
    Kate Scanlon
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    16 Tweets Reacting to Another Video Exposing Planned Parenthood

    The Center for Medical Progress unveiled another covertly filmed video that exposes a Planned Parenthood executive negotiating the price of aborted fetal body parts. Social media has been erupting with responses from both sides of the aisle since the release of the video. Common hashtags surrounding the scandal include #DefundPlannedParenthood, #PPSellsBabyParts, #SketchySource and #StandwithPP. Among…
    Diana Stancy
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    Pro-Life Leaders Say Planned Parenthood Openly ‘Targets’ Black Community

    Following allegations that Planned Parenthood is selling aborted fetal body parts for profit, black pro-life leaders are calling to defund the organization and address what they call “targeting” of their community. “It’s an open secret that they are targeting the black community, that they have located their facilities within a two-mile walking radius of a…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Meet the 38 Companies That Donate to Planned Parenthood

    In the wake of two videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal body parts, Republicans in Congress are working to ensure that Planned Parenthood is stripped of its federal funding. However, it’s not only the government that fills Planned Parenthood’s coffers. According to 2nd Vote, a website and app that…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Mike Needham Predicts Congress Will ‘Absolutely’ Defund Planned Parenthood

    Appearing on Fox News today, Heritage Action CEO Mike Needham confidently predicted that lawmakers will defund Planned Parenthood. “You will absolutely see this September that Congress will defund Planned Parenthood,” said Needham. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., among others, has called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Needham also discussed the second video released today by…
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    Rand Paul Vows to End Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is vowing to do everything in his power to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of another undercover video showing a senior executive haggling over the price of aborted baby body parts. “This is baby parts we’re talking about,” Paul said in an interview on Fox News…
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    Planned Parenthood Spent $679,596 in 2014 to Help Elect These Candidates

    Planned Parenthood donated $679,596 through its PACs and affiliates to pro-choice candidates in the 2014 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a research group that tracks money in U.S. politics. The Center for Responsive Politics compiled the data using figures released by the Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. Here…
    Kate Scanlon
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    New Undercover Video Shows Planned Parenthood Executive Haggling Over Price of Aborted Baby Body Parts

    An undercover video was released today allegedly showing a Planned Parenthood senior executive negotiating the price of aborted fetal body parts. The video, released by the Center for Medical Progress, adds to allegations that Planned Parenthood is profiting from fetal tissue donation. It follows the release of an earlier undercover video with another Planned Parenthood…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Senator Fights Back Tears in Emotional Speech About Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Methods

    Sen. James Lankford was on the verge of tears Thursday as he addressed his colleagues about Planned Parenthood’s controversial abortion methods exposed in an undercover video. “It seems the ultimate irony to me that we spend time talking about humane treatment of animals being put down, like in horse slaughter, and we completely miss children…
    Diana Stancy
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    The Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood: An Interview With Rep. Diane Black

    The fight to defund Planned Parenthood is ramping up in Washington following the release of an undercover video showing a top official discussing prices for body parts from aborted babies. In a statement released after the video, Planned Parenthood said the “heavily edited, secretly recorded videotape … falsely portrays Planned Parenthood’s participation in tissue donation…
    Jamie Jackson
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    Scott Walker: ‘We Defunded Planned Parenthood’ in Wisconsin

    AMHERST, N.H.—During his first trip to New Hampshire since the launch of his presidential campaign, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker outlined his resume as a conservative governor of a blue state, including lowering taxes, reducing regulations, and cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. “We defunded Planned Parenthood, which is particularly important these days in light of what…
    Kate Scanlon
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    House Strips Funding From Planned Parenthood Supporter in Wake of Scandal

    The undercover video that sparked a scandal involving Planned Parenthood this week is reverberating beyond the abortion group, costing one of its allies millions of dollars. House GOP leaders had expected the Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act to be uncontroversial until the Planned Parenthood controversy erupted and conservative grassroots organizations sounded the alarm. The…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Congress Begins Investigation Into Planned Parenthood, but Lawmakers Shouldn’t Stop There

    On Wednesday, two House committees announced they will begin an investigation into Planned Parenthood’s alleged harvesting and sale of body parts from unborn babies. In an undercover video released yesterday, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services at Planned Parenthood, detailed with startling calmness how she chooses to perform abortion procedures in order to…
    Sarah Torre
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    Conservative Lawmakers Vow to Defund Planned Parenthood After Reveal of Graphic Video

    Conservatives in the House were quick to push for defunding Planned Parenthood Wednesday after a video surfaced showing a top official graphically describing the group’s sale of body parts from aborted fetuses. “No taxpayer funds should be affiliated with something that so many people find completely reprehensible,” said Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. Lummis said the…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Congressional Leaders, Governors Pledge Investigation of Planned Parenthood

    Lawmakers have called for an investigation into Planned Parenthood after a video emerged of one of its executives discussing the sale of fetal organs. The Daily Signal previously reported that the Center for Medical Progress released an undercover video on Tuesday depicting Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s senior director of medical services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola,…
    Kate Scanlon
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