{"id":77194,"date":"2015-10-15T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T21:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=77194"},"modified":"2015-10-20T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T20:31:56","slug":"dear-planned-parenthood-your-claims-just-dont-add-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dear-planned-parenthood-your-claims-just-dont-add-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Planned Parenthood, your claims just don’t add up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Planned Parenthood,<\/p>\n

Since your president, Cecile Richards, announced<\/a> you would all stop accepting money<\/a> for baby body parts, the commentary hasn’t exactly gone your way. It just plain out smells fishy. To thinking Americans, there are few reasons to do an about-face on policy unless guilt<\/a> (and blood) is involved.<\/p>\n

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Current Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced<\/a> that Richards’ declaration failed to solve your problems. Announcements – however fancifully worded – don’t get investigations canceled.<\/p>\n

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While Planned Parenthood and other organizations may try to publicly distance themselves from the gruesome industry of selling of fetal baby parts, today\u2019s announcement does not change the facts of the [Congressional] investigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Representative Diane Black (R-TN) chimed in<\/a>, calling you on the carpet:<\/p>\n

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It is curious that, while Planned Parenthood officials maintain there has been no wrongdoing, they still find it necessary to change their policy following the recent undercover videos. Clearly, this was a decision motivated by optics rather than the organization\u2019s conscience.<\/p>\n

If Planned Parenthood truly wanted to confront its growing scandal, it would stop aborting more than 327,000 innocent lives each year and fully commit to true women\u2019s health care…In light of this news, I suppose Doctor Mary Gatter will have to find another way to get her Lamborghini, but rest assured \u2013 this development does not change my conviction that Planned Parenthood should not be subsidized by American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On Twitter, Federalist co-founder Sean Davis explained the basic sequence of the statements you’ve been making since the whole scandal broke – in plain English:<\/p>\n

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"We're not doing that."
"You can't prove we did that."
"You can't prove that's illegal."
"We promise we'll stop."http:\/\/t.co\/YESl4oMhdD<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n