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On June 16th, the CNN program In The Arena<\/a>, anchored by Eliot Spitzer, featured a segment with Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council<\/a>. While discussing the various reasons for the recent funding cuts to Planned Parenthood, Perkins correctly noted that Planned Parenthood has been implicated in \u201ccovering for child prostitution<\/a>\u201d and \u201cnot reporting underage women or girls coming in for abortions<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spitzer quickly interrupted, accusing Perkins of slander for making \u201ca series of undocumented, unproven comments about Planned Parenthood\u201d and \u201ctrying to build a case that is simply not accurate and fair to Planned Parenthood.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Perkins directed Spitzer\u2019s viewers to Live Action\u2019s undercover videos<\/a> that exposed Planned Parenthood covering up the sexual abuse of children, violating mandatory reporting laws for statutory rape, while also aiding and abetting the sex trafficking of underage girls. Perkins then asked Spitzer to let his viewers decide for themselves.<\/p>\n

Spitzer objected. Unwilling to even consider the evidence, he warned Perkins against talking about Planned Parenthood\u2019s corruption. \u201cI’m not going to let you get away with that,\u201d he said. However, they could have a \u201cfair debate\u201d about \u201cother stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in a fair debate, each participant either provides a counterargument when their opponent makes a point, or concedes the point. Spitzer did neither. And worse, instead of merely dodging the issue, and changing the subject, he shut down the debate, and ended the interview.<\/p>\n

Spitzer also failed to disclose to CNN\u2019s viewers that Planned Parenthood had endorsed him during his run for governor of New York. Could it be that he was returning a favor? Or was he just following the standard pro-abortion tactic of silencing criticism?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On June 16th, the CNN program In The Arena, anchored by Eliot Spitzer, featured a segment with Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council. 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