{"id":17310,"date":"2012-05-30T23:58:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T03:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=17310"},"modified":"2013-04-03T02:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T06:04:18","slug":"the-dilemma-of-planned-parenthood-will-the-abortion-giant-answer-the-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/the-dilemma-of-planned-parenthood-will-the-abortion-giant-answer-the-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"The dilemma of Planned Parenthood: will the abortion giant answer the questions?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the release of Live Action\u2019s investigative video yesterday morning, Planned Parenthood has yet to offer a response that truly answers the questions. Leslie Kantor, MPH, vice president of education for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has given\u00a0a statement<\/a> which basically covers five things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Planned Parenthood takes swift action when \u201centry-level\u201d employees do not use the appropriate protocols, and the counselor in the video has been fired.<\/li>\n
  2. Retraining is being conducted for other employees at the Austin, Texas facility to deal with similar \u201cunusual\u201d scenarios.<\/li>\n
  3. Live Action clearly deals in hoaxes and edits\u2026these words are used five times in the statement.<\/li>\n
  4. Planned Parenthood \u201ccondemns sex selection\u201d and works against gender bias.<\/li>\n
  5. Planned Parenthood sides with the \u201cworld\u2019s leading women\u2019s health and rights organizations\u201d in their position that banning sex selection abortion will not help to stop discrimination against women.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Okay, nice talking points. But let\u2019s get down to the real questions. Why, exactly, was this employee fired? To say that she didn\u2019t follow protocol or exercise the highest standard of care isn\u2019t very helpful. Details, please. What exactly is your protocol? How, Planned Parenthood, are you \u201cretraining\u201d your other employees to respond to sex-selection abortions?<\/p>\n

    Oh yes\u2026on the retraining: if it\u2019s \u201cre<\/em>-training,\u201d what did you train your employees to do the first time? From your repeated claims that this is an unusual encounter, I gather that you really never trained your employees on this in the first place. So, please, either use honest words or let us know exactly how you train and retrain your employees in obvious gender discrimination situations.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s pretty fun to use words like \u201choax\u201d and \u201cedit,\u201d but why can\u2019t you address the full-length, unedited video<\/a> that Live Action has released? Does that catch you in gender discrimination \u2013 something you claim to oppose \u2013 just a little too much?<\/p>\n

    Another question on your employee: was she fired for giving advice on how to commit Medicaid fraud? If so, I can see why you wouldn\u2019t want to draw attention to one of your employees trying to cheat the government. After all, that\u2019s what the congressional investigation<\/a> into Planned Parenthood is supposed to be all about.<\/p>\n

    How do you reconcile the fact that you \u201ccondemn\u201d sex-selection abortion but claim to be \u201cnonjudgmental\u201d toward women who want it? It\u2019s kinda one or the other. You don\u2019t condemn something and then turn around and perform it \u2013 and make money off it, at that! Nice for you, yes? Use the easy way out: \u201cOh, we condemn this horrible practice!\u201d But behind closed doors, you slip the money you earn from this horrible practice into your nicely lined pockets. Wow\u2026I think everyone can see just how opposed to sex-selection abortions you really are.<\/p>\n

    If you genuinely feel like you\u2019re being unfairly targeted for your war on women in the womb, why don\u2019t you just come right out and say that you\u2019d just as happily abort a little boy if someone asked you to do that? In the end, you probably don\u2019t care what gender is being discriminated against. You just care that you get paid for every abortion \u2013 regardless of the reason. That\u2019s likely your answer, but I\u2019d love to hear you actually say that on record.<\/p>\n

    Finally, let\u2019s review some more of your highfalutin talk about opposing gender bias. After all, with all those \u201cworld organizations\u201d on your side, what could there possibly be to criticize? You say<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    We support efforts that ensure girls and women have access to economic opportunity, including fair wages, basic health care, political participation, education, and a life free of violence and discrimination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Wait a second. If you don\u2019t give a girl the opportunity to be born, how can she ever have access to economic opportunity? If you use \u201cmedicine\u201d to kill her, how can you truly claim to speak for her right to basic health care? When you use your political position to silence her voice, why do you lie and say you care about her political participation? How can you ignore the facts of basic science but claim to support her access to education? And above all, how do you dare to say that she has a right to a life free of violence and discrimination when you\u2019re the one committing the ultimate act of violence \u2013 and discrimination \u2013 against her?<\/p>\n

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