{"id":231692,"date":"2020-09-29T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=231692"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:16:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T04:16:56","slug":"congress-investigage-partial-birth-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/congress-investigage-partial-birth-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress members call for investigation of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s illegal use of partial birth abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/49-congressmen-ask-justice-dept-to-see-if-planned-parenthood-violated-partial-birth-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) Led by Congressman Roger Marshall, M.D., 49 members of Congress have sent a letter to U.S. attorney general William Barr calling for an investigation of abortionists who violated the Partial Birth Abortion Ban passed in 2003. This information has been corroborated in testimonial videos published by the Center for Medical Progress.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall, who represents the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0District of Kansas, stated that \u201cas a pro-life American and OB\/GYN who worked for over 25 years to save the lives of both mothers and babies, it is beyond sickening to see and hear confessions of such heinous acts being committed in our country.\u201d The members of Congress have asked for an investigation of specific actions taken by the vice president of abortion access at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Tram Nguyen, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/watch-planned-parenthood-officials-admit-under-oath-to-altering-abortions-in-organ-harvesting-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted under oath to murdering babies \u201cintact\u201d so as to harvest their body parts<\/a>. As the congressional press release reads, the abortionists were \u201cdeliberately killing a partially delivered baby.\u201d Late last month, CMP released this video testimony from the April 2019 court hearing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/POdbu4bp5rQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This latest development comes after another letter from 28 Republican lawmakers was sent to Barr and FBI director Chris Wray in August,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/republican-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-planned-parenthood-covid-loans-aborted-baby-parts-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requesting information<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cany federal investigation of Planned Parenthood over the notorious baby-parts scandal first exposed in 2015\u201d by CMP and lead investigative journalist David Daleiden.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall states in the letter his commitment to stand \u201cup for the life of all babies, born and unborn,\u201d and that those in power \u201cmust hold these physicians and the organizations backing and supporting them accountable for their actions.\u201d The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban legislation states that any abortionist who breaks the law will face fines or imprisonment for the violation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-pressured-abortion-pill-hate-father-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Woman pressured to take abortion pill: \u2018I hate the father of my child and I hate myself\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, President Donald Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/breaking-trump-announces-executive-order-to-protect-babies-who-surviveabortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0the signing of a separate executive order \u201cto ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances,\u201d including after an attempted abortion, \u201creceive the medical care that they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries similar to the one in Marshall\u2019s letter have been sent in recent years from members of Congress to Trump administration officials without any response back.<\/p>\n<p>The full letter from the 49 congressmen can be read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/marshall-leads-letter-asking-investigation-violation-partial-birth-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/49-congressmen-ask-justice-dept-to-see-if-planned-parenthood-violated-partial-birth-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LifeSiteNews<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"at-below-post addthis_tool\" data-url=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-pressured-abortion-pill-hate-father-myself\/\" data-title=\"Woman pressured to take abortion pill: 'I hate the father of my child and I hate myself'\" data-description=\"She had been dating her boyfriend for three years when she got pregnant, and was happy, but her boyfriend demanded she abort their child.\">\n<div id=\"atstbx2\" class=\"at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"at-1f385619-dab1-493c-9a04-4c7ce09a404a\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(LifeSiteNews) Led by Congressman Roger Marshall, M.D., 49 members of Congress have sent a letter to U.S. attorney general William Barr calling for an investigation of abortionists who violated the Partial Birth Abortion Ban passed in 2003. 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