Rick Santorum: ‘Don’t just defund Planned Parenthood, prosecute its officials

Planned Parenthood’s Louisiana affiliate provided health care, contraception and sexually transmitted disease and HIV testing to more than 5,000 Medicaid patients a year before Jindal ended its Medicaid contract Aug. 3.

Three Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida will resume performing first-trimester abortions, despite warnings from state health officials that they are still investigating the organization. The videos brought congressional scrutiny, including calls to withdraw federal funding from the organization.

Several articles in support of Planned Parenthood appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine this month, reiterating that investigations into the allegations have been fruitless and confirming the value of tissue donation and the importance of Planned Parenthood to women’s health.

As questions about how federal law could be enforced persist, Planned Parenthood is positioning itself as increasingly confrontational with the Jindal administration. She spoke about how she’s a mother and wife and how if she doesn’t stand up for these unborn babies, who will?

“These practices are not consistent with the laws or character of our state”, Haley wrote in her letter to the state agency tasked with regulating abortion clinics, adding that it “cannot allow an organization with broken internal oversight and a flawed corporate culture to behave the way Planned Parenthood has in other states”.

The case arose as the little-known center released videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing providing aborted fetal organs for research.

“These people were baited into these conversations, and the people who interviewed them misrepresented themselves”, said Tina Escobartaft, an advocate and lobbyist for Planned Parenthood. Named for Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, the “Maggie Awards” recognize “exceptional contributions” that “enhance the public’s understanding of reproductive rights and health care issues”, including abortion.

Planned Parenthood is fighting back-launching ads such as the one above against vulnerable Republicans.

StemExpress did, then again, lose a solicitation for a directive on Friday that would have permitted it to get to features and documentation got by CMP amid the Planned Parenthood examination. In addition, many low-income women are eligible for Medicaid, which covers women’s health and screening services at private physician offices.

Chief Executive Officer Catherine Dyer said the company’s connection to Planned Parenthood led to violent threats and forced her to hire a security team.

The Rev. Walter Hoye of www.issues4life.org and www.blackprolifecoalition.org said: “Understanding the place, the purpose and the power of prayer in the lives of Christians, the National Black Pro-Life Coalition joins Alveda King in the fight for the Civil Rights of the most vulnerable among us”. “And there’s no way they would know”, O’Donnell said.