The Obama administration is threatening states attempting to defund Planned Parenthood–those trying to stop the flow of their Medicaid funds to the abortion provider–with potential violation of federal law and, ultimately, the cutting off of Medicaid funds to those states.
In an exclusive interview, Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) tells Breitbart News she is continuing her push to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.
“The new Center for Medical Progress video shows that Planned Parenthood is literally preying on women and stealing their blood and remains of their babies,” Kristan Hawkins tells Breitbart News. “The video featuring Holly O’Donnell from StemExpress reveals horrifying details of how her former company, in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, does not get consent from women to take their babies after abortion.”
During the “Happy Hour” GOP debate in Cleveland, Republican hopefuls discussed the recent undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s apparent practice of selling the body parts of aborted babies and whether the organization should be defunded.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration says it is demanding answers from Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) in light of the fifth undercover video revealing the director of research for that affiliate discussing the sale of intact aborted babies.
GOP 2016 contenders Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are joining forces in a confrontational intervention that intends to defund Planned Parenthood.
Following the Senate’s failure to advance legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, largely along party lines, 53-46, the pro-life community reacted by vowing to press on with legislation that would defund the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Monday that Louisiana is ending its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood.
Sen. Joe Manchin (WVA) will be the first Democrat U.S. Senator to support defunding Planned Parenthood.
In what some conservative leaders are calling a “show vote,” the Senate will hold a vote Monday afternoon to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of undercover videos showing the organization’s officials engaged in the sale of body parts of aborted babies.
Judge William H. Orrick III, the federal judge who granted a temporary restraining order against the release of further videos depicting Planned Parenthood medical officials’ participation in the sale of the organs of aborted babies, is an Obama appointee and a major bundler and donor for Obama’s presidential campaign.
A fact check published 10 days ago by Annenberg’s FactCheck.org has become a touchstone for progressives writing about a series of Planned Parenthood sting videos. But the fact check only looks at the first of those videos and even then seems to miss some important facts.
“Big Abortion” has filed litigation to prevent another Center for Medical Progress undercover video, exposing Planned Parenthood’s and StemExpress’s “grotesque” practice of dead fetus body part “procurement,” from being released.
With their legislation to defund Planned Parenthood and redirect those federal funds to women’s health care facilities that don’t provide abortions, Senate Republicans say they are sending the message that their proposal is not about politics, but about the “moral fabric” of the nation.
“This is one of the greatest illustrations of the butchery, if you will, of our culture and the literal attack on words to call what happens in a Planned Parenthood clinic ‘health,’” Limbaugh said. “Whether you preface it by saying women’s health or whatever, there’s nothing healthy going on in here.”
As observed at MRC TV, the policy document obtained by the Center for Medical Progress, which produced the videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s dealings in the transfer of aborted baby body parts for sale, shows that baby body “tissues” are divided into Categories A, B, and C, with “A” being the most desirable and lucrative for technicians in terms of compensation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has assigned three Republican senators to develop a plan to defund Planned Parenthood.
Dr. Ben Carson, also a 2016 contender, will headline the rally on Capitol Hill. In addition to Carson, other speakers scheduled include Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), and other national pro-life leaders. Most of the rallies across the country will be held at 12:00 noon local time in the cities located at the #WomenBetrayed website.
Paul has been adamant about finding a way to defund the abortion industry giant in the wake of the release of undercover investigative videos showing Planned Parenthood senior officials discussing harvesting the body parts of aborted babies for sale to biotech companies. “There’s a nationwide movement that we’ve been leading,” Paul said, according to the Washington Post. “We will probably send a millio
As Americans express growing outrage over the gruesome content of recent undercover investigation videos of Planned Parenthood, 135 House Republicans have sent a formal request to United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) immediately begin an investigation into the abortion industry giant’s practices of harvesting aborted baby body parts for sale to biomedical companies.
Sen. Mike Lee’s attempt to force a vote in the Senate that would defund Planned Parenthood was blocked Sunday by some of his Republican colleagues.
Rep. Diane Black blasted Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards for her attack on pro-life Americans during her appearance Sunday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
National pro-life group Students for Life of America (SFLA) and its partner organization Pro-Life Future have launched the #WomenBetrayed initiative which urges citizens across the nation to rally to demand their states investigate, prosecute and defund Planned Parenthood.
After a week of controversy over a pair of videos showing highly placed members of Planned Parenthood bartering to sell parts of aborted babies—one even hoping to buy a Lamborghini with the profits—the Department of Justice has now announced it will look into allegations that the abortion provider is breaking the law by selling human remains for experimentation.
“Let’s be clear: selling organs of aborted babies for fetal tissue research is unnecessary and prolongs human suffering,” Dr. Michelle Cretella tells Breitbart News. “Fetal tissue research, like embryonic stem cell research, has failed to produce a single successful treatment for human disease, and both have been associated with significant side-effects including overgrowth of cells and the need for immunosuppressive chemotherapy.”
Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) says he supports House Republicans in their planned investigations into Planned Parenthood following the release of an investigative video that reveals the abortion giant’s participation in the harvesting of aborted baby parts for sale to biomedical companies.
According to the letter, sent to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, the committee “respectfully requests Dr. [Deborah] Nucatola provide a briefing to committee staff no later than July 31, 2015.”
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has requested that his state’s Inspector General participate in an investigation into Planned Parenthood in the wake of the release of an undercover video that revealed the abortion giant has been engaged in the practice of harvesting aborted baby parts for sale.
In the coming week, Paul will seek legislative action that will prohibit taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, which amounts to an average of nearly $500 million per year. According to a press release, Paul will use all legislative means to ensure there is immediate action on this proposal.
In response to the video released this week about Planned Parenthood’s involvement in selling the organs and body parts of babies aborted in their clinics, SFLA – the largest pro-life organization of millennials in the nation – will be moving ahead against the abortion giant’s claim it is helping women by providing them with “healthcare.”
Rep. Tim Huelskamp is pushing for an end to Planned Parenthood’s harvesting of aborted baby body parts for sale, as was revealed by the organization’s chief medical director in an undercover video released on Wednesday. A press statement from Huelskamp’s
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards’s statement about the video released Wednesday by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) prompted a response from the pro-life group that conducted the undercover investigation into the abortion giant’s practice of harvesting body parts of aborted babies to sell to biomedical companies.
An undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood has turned up evidence that it sold “intact” fetal organs to at least one California company known as Stem Express. Stem Express charges $400 to $25,000 for stem cells grown from fetal organs.
