{"id":62539,"date":"2015-04-16T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=62539"},"modified":"2015-04-18T21:21:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T01:21:40","slug":"the-abortion-industry-and-human-traffickers-partners-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/the-abortion-industry-and-human-traffickers-partners-in-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"The abortion industry and human traffickers: partners in crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A\u00a0revived battle over human trafficking legislation will resume\u00a0today in the U.S. Senate, with lawmakers contending over a provision of the bill that would prevent abortion\u00a0funding.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers have bitterly sparred\u00a0over the measure \u2014 Democrats say Republicans tucked abortion restrictions into the measure, while GOP\u00a0senators note\u00a0that the Hyde Amendment has long been on the books as a provision to prevent abortion funding. However, both parties\u00a0will come to the table once again during a vote scheduled for\u00a011 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The measure sparked intense lobbying from\u00a0Planned Parenthood, which joined Senate Democrats in filibustering the bill. \u00a0However, the politicking by pro-abortion interests on the Senate floor reflects a desperate effort by the abortion lobby to protect its bottom line over victims of human trafficking.<\/p>\n

During a press conference yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Democrats to stop blocking the bill.<\/div>\n
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“This ridiculous fight over language that they’ve already voted for frequently in the past really needs to stop so we can move forward with this very important human trafficking bill,” McConnell said. “This is no minor issue, and once we do that, then we’ll move on to consider the president’s nominee for Attorney General.”<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood and abortion groups continue to oppose the measure.<\/p>\n

“The Senate should protect victims of human trafficking but should not do so at the expense of women’s access to safe and legal abortion,”\u00a0said Cecile Richards<\/a>, president of Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Across the board, the abortion giant’s actions show that the latest political maneuvering is business as usual. The corporation’s legacy of cover-up demonstrates its willingness to protect\u00a0its bottom line over victims of human trafficking.\u00a0Richards’ statements are a reflection of Planned Parenthood’s egregious profiteering, placing abortion above protecting vulnerable women and children.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood\u00a0has been caught repeatedly aiding and abetting child sex-traffickers, covering up lawbreaking and sending victims back into the arms of their sexual abusers.<\/p>\n

Live Action\u00a0undercover investigations\u00a0<\/a>expose the abortion giant\u2019s willingness to help pimps obtain secret abortions for their child sex slaves. In abortion facilities across the country, Planned Parenthood employees illegally offered to help child sex-traffickers by knowingly providing them abortion, birth control, and STD testing.<\/p>\n