GOP: Probe into Planned Parenthood to protect taxpayers from ‘horrors’

However, since all spending bills must originate in the Republican-controlled House, Congressmen could introduce bills that allocate no funds for Planned Parenthood and force Democrats to try to amend the bills.

“We aren’t asking for a government shutdown, we’re not asking for that”.

Hannity asked Cruz if he really believed that after numerous broken promises from Republican leadership, that they would work to defund Planned Parenthood. The abortion rights group argues it has done nothing illegal and does not set any tissue for a profit. Except that’s exactly what it’s like.

The title of Wednesday’s hearing – “Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider” – left little doubt which way the majority of the committee was leaning. Thus far, every one of those investigations that have concluded anything have concluded that the organization did nothing wrong.

The effort by ForAmerica comes as a fight is brewing in Congress over Planned Parenthood that risks another government shutdown.

“I’d like to know what your priority is”, he repeated, “Planned Parenthood or feeding hungry children?”

Because the group gets federal funding, lawmakers are obliged “to do what we can to ensure federal taxpayers are not contributing to the sorts of horrors reflected in the undercover videos”, said committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.

In case anyone was wondering if Republicans fell into the “governing trap”, don’t worry.

Specifically, they want to see the organization, which primarily provides health care services to low-income women, defunded and the money given over to “federally approved community health centers” that do not offer abortion services (less than 3% of Planned Parenthood services involve the termination of pregnancies).

“Republican Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) claimed on Thursday that it’s Democrats who don’t have enough votes to “fund” Planned Parenthood“. The Republican leader warned his party that allowing a government shutdown would not cut government funding to Planned Parenthood or end the sale of aborted fetal tissue. “The president has made it very clear he is not going to sign any bill that includes defunding of Planned Parenthood, so that’s another issue that awaits a new president, hopefully with a different point of view about Planned Parenthood“.

Nancy Tanner, regional coordinator of the Silent No More Awareness campaign, spoke about having an abortion at Planned Parenthood.

In Congress, two committees in the House of Representatives have already launched investigations of Planned Parenthood.