Justice Department sides with Planned Parenthood in lawsuit

Then, in an August 27 letter to Congress, Richards admitted that ABR pays Planned Parenthood $60 “per tissue specimen”.

The Senate’s top Republican is conceding that his party will have to await the next president before it can cut off federal funds that go to Planned Parenthood, prompting heated rebuffs from conservatives.

“President Obama is so committed to protecting Planned Parenthood’s baby harvesting operation that he sent his lawyers from the Department of Justice all the way to Baton Rouge to sue me and try to stop us from canceling these contracts”, a statement on his campaign website reads.

The latest video focuses on Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc., a biomedical company that works with Planned Parenthood, according to the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group behind the series of under cover videos. “She sees this, and others agree, as the only way in which a fair and balanced investigation of Planned Parenthood can take place in the Energy and Commerce Committee or anywhere else on the Hill”. It is easy to observe this controversy even at Boston University, simply by walking past the Planned Parenthood location in West Campus, where individuals often gather to pray or protest. A popular statistic cited in defense of Planned Parenthood – by supporters ranging from Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to everyday Facebook users – is that abortions only account for 3 percent of the total services Planned Parenthood provides.

It was the ninth video targeting Planned Parenthood that has been released in recent months by an organization called the Center for Medical Progress.

Shortly before Congress recessed for summer vacation, Cruz repeatedly accused McConnell of deceiving and lying to Senate Republicans about whether he intended to bring up the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank as part of the Pacific Rim trade bill.

Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing and pushed back against the videos, saying that they were deliberately edited to fit a specific narrative.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest provider of abortions – at least one-third of all abortions in the U.S. are performed at Planned Parenthood-affiliated facilities.

Later on Tuesday, Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation jointly filed a federal complaint to block efforts to shut down two women’s health clinics in Southwest Ohio.

It’s important to know that Fitzgerald is not some radical abortionist.

McConnell said the Senate would vote again on defunding Planned Parenthood, but argued the votes aren’t there.

One politician who tried to determine the truth of the matter was Gov. Nathan Deal. Despite the sensational accusations being spread through website postings and emails, Republican and Democratic officials alike have looked into the charges and determined that Planned Parenthood is providing legal medical services in a legal manner.