{"id":68141,"date":"2015-07-27T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=68141"},"modified":"2015-07-27T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:42:20","slug":"rep-diane-black-denounces-cecile-richards-abc-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rep-diane-black-denounces-cecile-richards-abc-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Diane Black denounces Cecile Richards over ABC interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23354 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/7564737564_3f580d575c-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cecile Richards' history lesson is far from the whole truth. (Photo credit: CarlB104 on Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/7564737564_3f580d575c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/7564737564_3f580d575c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/7564737564_3f580d575c.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Sunday, Republican Rep. Diane Black of Texas <a href=\"http:\/\/black.house.gov\/press-release\/rep-black-slams-planned-parenthood-president-cecile-richards%E2%80%99-appearance-%E2%80%9C-week%E2%80%9D\">released a statement<\/a> blasting Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards (pictured right) for an appearance on <em>This Week with George Stephanopoulos &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>which the Congresswoman contends intensified rather than resolved mistrust of the abortion giant following revelations of its fetal organ harvesting practices.<\/p>\n<p>Black pointed out that despite Richards\u2019s insistence to the contrary, \u201cthese videos clearly show one of the organization\u2019s senior doctors haggling over the cost of aborted babies\u2019 organs,\u201d and \u201cits own employees were caught discussing plans to alter abortion procedures so as to leave the most lucrative organs intact \u2013 a violation of the NIH Revitalization Act \u2013 and even stating that the federal ban on partial birth abortion is \u2018up to interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She also took issue with Richards\u2019s attack on pro-lifers\u2019 calls to end Planned Parenthood\u2019s taxpayer funding, which Richards characterized as \u201ccut[ting] off funding for basic health care for women.\u201d In response, Black noted that \u201cdefunding Planned Parenthood would not decrease the overall amount of funding for women\u2019s healthcare. It would instead direct taxpayer dollars to other, more reputable providers like the nearly 1,200 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) across the country that provide preventive care to low-income and vulnerable populations without performing abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black concluded that Richards\u2019s performance highlights the need for Congress to pass her Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, which Live Action News <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-dianne-black-unveils-new-planned-parenthood-defunding-bill-boehner-hatch-call-investigations\/\">reported on last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Live Action\u2019s Susan Michelle <a href=\"\/news\/blow-blow-planned-parenthood-president-fails-answer-questions-abc-news-interview\/\">also responded<\/a> to the interview, addressing at length both the same points Black does and additional claims by Richards, such as Planned Parenthood\u2019s alleged nonprofit status and an attempt to falsely link the pro-life Center for Medical Progress with abortion clinic violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Republican Rep. Diane Black of Texas released a statement blasting Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards (pictured right) for an appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos &#8211;\u00a0which the Congresswoman contends intensified rather than resolved mistrust of the abortion giant following revelations of its fetal organ harvesting practices. Black pointed out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":68161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[599,4178,19,246,4184,4384,4175,14],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rep. 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