{"id":219955,"date":"2020-03-11T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T19:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=219955"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:58:22","slug":"planned-parenthood-prez-abortion-isnt-safe-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-prez-abortion-isnt-safe-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops! Planned Parenthood prez admits abortion isn’t ‘safe’ for preborn babies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a recent\u00a0segment<\/a> on “CBS This Morning” Planned Parenthood’s president Alexis McGill Johnson argued that the current Supreme Court case<\/a>, June Medical Services v. Russo<\/i> —\u00a0which centers around requiring hospital admitting privileges for abortionists, a requirement for all outpatient procedures in the state — is unnecessary because abortion is “safe.” During the segment, when questioned by journalist Gayle King, Johnson appeared to admit that abortion is<\/em> unsafe<\/em> — for preborn children.<\/p>\n

“There’s a recent poll by Kaiser that found the majority of Americans, 69% support the idea of doctors having admitting privileges if they’re going to be doing abortions,” said King’s co-host Tony Dukoupil. “So is this a case where public opinion is out of line with the law or are you guys out of line with public opinion?”<\/p>\n

Johnson, ignoring the question, simply stated that abortion “is one of the safest medical procedures there is.”<\/p>\n

“Well, you would call it safe,” replied King. “Some people would call it murder.”<\/p>\n

“Well for the patient, right? I think that’s what we’re talking about,” said Johnson, obviously caught off-guard. “There are- and this was brought up yesterday. There are moral arguments with respect to accessing abortion. But it is the law of the land.<\/p>\n

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