Read The Testimony That Could Put Planned Parenthood On Its Heels

The heads of Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette and Oregon Health & Science University have responded to House GOP questions on the collection and use of tissue after abortions. I have likewise voted on multiple occasions in the past weeks to prohibit any taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood until current investigations are completed.

Videos from the Center for Medical Progress have led to lots of debate among activists and politicians, but federal law allows for fetal tissue donations to researchers. Planned Parenthood performs abortions at four of its Michigan locations, according to the organization’s website. “There were questions that went unanswered that should have been answered”. Chaffetz, when he issued the subpoena, cited that restraining order and said that his intent was to demand transparency from NAF and Planned Parenthood.

The Blaze assembled a list of the top 25 beneficiaries of Planned Parenthood political contributions, whether through its PAC or employees.

House members voted 242-184 Wednesday to approve a resolution by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to establish the panel as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

It is a remarkable exposure of the ongoing decay of American capitalist politics that Republican congressional leaders chose to stage a televised McCarthy-style witch-hunt, not against a political opponent, but against Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the largest provider of reproductive health care for women in the US. The videos by all accounts were heavily edited and were made by an antiabortion group that misrepresented itself to gain access to Planned Parenthood officials. Federal funds, which make up 40% of the group’s budget, are however used to cover services like contraception, cancer screenings, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

The new panel includes 13 members with six open for Democrats.

“In fact, Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, who conducted the hearing, admitted that he had identified no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws during a recent appearance on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer”, the letter emphasized.

Planned Parenthood maintains its policy is to report all suspected instances of sexual abuse.

The House of Representatives has approved a new panel to investigate “fetal tissue procurement” and “federal funding and support for abortion providers”. Here in the real world, the drop in abortion-related deaths preceded legalization, and was instead due to medical advancements.

The chapter running those clinics, formerly known as Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties, was mired in harassment complaints and the possible misuse of almost $450,000, which was just less than the $500,000 it received in taxpayer funding.

The Judiciary hearing is again supposed to focus on abortion and how Planned Parenthood doctors carry out the procedure. “And I think it’s really important to get a different perspective on that”.

National protests, calling for Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, are planned for Saturday at Planned Parenthood locations around the country, including 14 facilities in Michigan.

Interestingly, the congressman told The Record that he would continue to support Planned Parenthood personally, because “they do a good job providing health care for women, have for generations in my congressional district”.

Laguens said she expects their 2016 election contributions to be at about the same level.