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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Defend, don't defund, Planned Parenthood



Remember the 2015 controversy over misleading under-cover videos by an anti-abortion group purporting to prove Planned Parenthood was selling baby parts? I wrote about it here: Liar, liar, pants on fire

In the news today - Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood

I won't be surprised if some Republican and conservative Catholic sites have stories about these "heroes" of the pro-life movement, but they are anything but heroes. Learn more about them here ...  Who’s Behind the Planned Parenthood Sting Video? Troy Newman—and Other Rabid Anti-Choicers. What you don't read about as often is that there are many Catholics who are *for* Planned Parenthood ....



More: Editorial Note to Republicans: Drop the crusade against Planned Parenthood ... and ... States with more Planned Parenthood clinics have fewer teen births and sexually transmitted diseases ... and ... What It Means to Defund Planned Parenthood

2 Comments:

Blogger A Secular Franciscan said...

The videos were accurate. Planned Parenthood deserves to be defunded. The money should go to organizations that provide legitimate health care.

2:16 PM  
Blogger crystal said...

I disagree. All the investigations of PP have found no evidence that they "sold baby parts". I was a volunteer there one summer and I know they do good work, most of which has nothing to do with abortion.

3:45 PM  

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