{"id":188169,"date":"2018-09-12T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188169"},"modified":"2018-09-25T00:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T05:14:39","slug":"planned-parenthood-staffer-minnesota-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-staffer-minnesota-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood spends hundreds of thousands on former staffer’s Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood is dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars (so far) into a Minnesota U.S. Senate race in hopes that one of its former staffers will win. Earlier this year, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith was appointed by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton to replace outgoing abortion supporter<\/a>, Senator Al Franken, who\u00a0resigned<\/a>\u00a0amidst allegations of sexual misconduct. Planned Parenthood wasted little time congratulating<\/a> her. Perhaps that’s because she’s one of their own.<\/p>\n

According to Smith, her father was a board member for the organization.\u00a0Smith herself became heavily involved with the abortion corporation and once worked as “vice president of external affairs for Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, from 2003 to 2006,” according to\u00a0CBS News<\/a>.\u00a0Smith has been dubbed<\/a> the #AbortionSenator, and with good cause.<\/p>\n

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Tina Smith Minnesota Senator Planned Parenthood staffer (Image Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL)\u00a0reported<\/a> that during Smith’s tenure at Planned Parenthood from January 2003<\/a>\u00a0to February 2006<\/a>, “The organization performed 9,717 abortions in Minnesota… and increased its abortions by 22 percent. It was also reimbursed $458,574.74 by Minnesota taxpayers for performing 1,892 abortions on low-income women. Planned Parenthood became the largest abortion provider in the state in 2004\u2014and has held that position ever since. It received $12.65 million in government grants from 2003 to 2005.”<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood Minnesota abortion stats 2004<\/p><\/div>\n

“Smith also\u00a0lobbied against<\/a>\u00a0Minnesota’s Woman’s Right to Know law, which ensures informed consent prior to abortion, and Minnesota’s Positive Alternatives program, which empowers women who want to keep their babies by providing support and alternatives,” MCCL states<\/a> on their website.<\/p>\n

Smith is facing off against her opponent with significant financial help from Planned Parenthood’s political PAC.\u00a0Smith is running against\u00a0Republican State Sen. Karin Housley in a special election in an attempt to keep her Senate seat.\u00a0Housley has support<\/a> from the pro-life SBA List and was recently praised<\/a> by SBA President Marjorie Dannenfelser as a person who “will work to protect unborn children and their mothers and stand up for Minnesota taxpayers.”<\/p>\n

READ: Extreme: Iowa pro-abortion gov candidate bought Planned Parenthood a building<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to MPR News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The national Planned Parenthood Votes political action committee has raised more than $11 million this election cycle and still has $6.4 million in the bank. They’ve already spent<\/a> nearly $300,000 supportin<\/a>g Smith in the race…. Smith’s race and the governor’s race are their two top priorities for Planned Parenthood in the state this fall.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Since taking office early this year, Smith has\u00a0voted against<\/a>\u00a0protection for unborn children after 20 weeks, when they can experience pain while being dismembered,” MCCL reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Smith isn’t the only person vying for a political seat who has significant connections to the abortion giant.\u00a0Live Action News previously<\/a> reported how former Iowa Planned Parenthood board chair, Fred Hubbell, who helped the abortion corporation purchase an abortion facility, is\u00a0opposing incumbent Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R), who recently\u00a0signed<\/a>\u00a0the state\u2019s Heartbeat Bill.<\/p>\n

The political advocacy group\u00a0Life Right Action (LRA)<\/a>\u00a0recently created a website highlighting Hubbell\u2019s activism, titled \u201cWrong Way Fred.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0The group uploaded an\u00a0image<\/a>\u00a0of a Hubbell mailer, obtained by LRA, which states in part, \u201c[I]n Dubuque,\u00a0Planned Parenthood was blocked from opening a new clinic\u2026.\u00a0He and his wife Charlotte arranged to personally purchase a property and turn it over to Planned Parenthood.\u201d\u00a0Hubbell talked about the purchase in his campaign video below:<\/p>\n