Lankford Introduces Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood

“We need to hold Planned Parenthood responsible for their atrocities against humanity”.

“Regardless of whether one is pro-life or pro-choice, the questions raised by these videos require careful review”, he said.

And now there will be a movement to stop funding Planned Parenthood.

After Koster’s announcement, the Missouri Senate decided it too would join the fray.

There are two sides to every story and Planned Parenthood has stated that Nucatola was not talking about the illegal sale of fetal body parts but instead the legal donation of organs to biomedical research laboratories that use the body parts to save lives.

The Republicans’ letter is a first step in what will be a larger inquiry into Planned Parenthood and enforcement of regulations like the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, a Judiciary Committee aide said.

Some Missouri officials also called for investigations. Schaefer is running to replace Koster as attorney general in 2016.

“If that’s what they say, fine, but they’re going to have to be able to verify that and that’s what I’m looking for for the State of Wisconsin – their verification of their statements”, said Sen.

In an emailed release, Faison said: “Regardless of where you stand on abortion, we can all agree what we have seen Planned Parenthood do is abhorrent!”

The statement called the practice of parents donating fetal tissue during abortions “a reality”, and that federal guidelines allow it to happen under “very strict guidelines and with a considerable amount of regulation”. So while clinics get some cash to cover their expenses, they don’t make a profit. That would reduce the specimens available for Planned Parenthood to sell. “I’d say a lot of people want liver, “Dr. Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, who performs abortions said”.

“I think the governor needs to be complimented on his leadership. That’s why I and 125 of my colleagues have sent a letter to the Energy & Commerce and Judiciary Committees asking them to investigate the organization”.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest suggested President Barack Obama would veto legislation erasing federal funds for Planned Parenthood, as many Republicans want to do, and said the videos could have been “selectively edited to distort” Planned Parenthood’s procedures, as the group has claimed.

Abortion opponents said prohibiting a common second-trimester procedure that they describe as dismembering a fetus would restrict potential trafficking in fetal tissue. The law is punishable as a Class E felony which carries a one to six-year year jail term and a fine of up to $3,000.