{"id":68520,"date":"2015-07-29T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=68520"},"modified":"2015-07-29T23:38:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T03:38:42","slug":"ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-criminal-enterprise-must-defunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-criminal-enterprise-must-defunded\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz: Planned Parenthood a &#8220;criminal enterprise&#8221; that must be defunded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Tuesday, Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz denounced Planned Parenthood as a \u201cnational criminal enterprise,\u201d the Washington Examiner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cruz-planned-parenthood-a-criminal-enterprise\/article\/2569135?custom_click=rss\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Capitol Hill rally to eliminate the abortion giant\u2019s taxpayer funding in the wake of <a href=\"\/news\/new-undercover-video-shows-planned-parenthood-dissecting-aborted-baby\/\">three undercover videos<\/a> detailing their practice of selling organs from aborted babies, Cruz declared Planned Parenthood should be defunded and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the U.S. Department of Justice should open a criminal investigation into whether Planned Parenthood nationally is a criminal enterprise breaking the law,\u201d he said, but went on to lament that \u201cthe Obama Justice Department in acting as little more than a partisan arm of the Democratic National Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also singled out Democrat rival Hillary Clinton for her support of Planned Parenthood, and the press\u2019s general disinterest in exploring it: \u201cI call on mainstream media to ask Hillary Clinton if she is pleased that she has so much passionate support from Planned Parenthood, an entity that appears to be a national criminal enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/PlannedParenthoodExposed.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News has previously covered, Cruz has also <a href=\"\/news\/mcconnell-fails-heed-history-blocks-amendment-defund-planned-parenthood\/\">criticized<\/a> GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for blocking an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood from being attached to the highway bill, which could have been passed with fifty-one votes rather than the sixty standalone defunding legislation will need to break a filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Live Action <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-hillary-clinton-breaks-silence-planned-parenthood-selling-baby-body-parts-important-service\/\">has reported<\/a> that former Secretary of State Clinton is adopting Planned Parenthood\u2019s stock defense over the scandal, noting the organization apologized for an \u201cinsensitive\u201d tone yet maintaining that it \u201cprovide[s] essential services for women\u201d and is a victim of \u201cconcerted attacks\u201d by pro-lifers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz denounced Planned Parenthood as a \u201cnational criminal enterprise,\u201d the Washington Examiner reports. 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