{"id":92468,"date":"2016-04-14T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=92468"},"modified":"2016-04-14T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T22:26:46","slug":"planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &#8220;biggest threat&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>This week, Planned Parenthood <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/04\/13\/planned-parenthood-bashes-ted-cruz-he-is-the-biggest-threat-we-face\/\">singled out<\/a> Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant&#8217;s &#8220;biggest threat&#8221; among the 2016 Republican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In a fundraising email for Hillary Clinton, who Planned Parenthood has <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-planned-parenthood-endorsed-hillary-clinton\/\">endorsed<\/a> over her Democrat primary competitor Bernie Sanders, Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens says that &#8220;unlike Trump and Kasich, who are more or less in line with the Republican Party\u2019s already terrible positions on reproductive rights, Cruz takes things much, much further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->&#8220;About 50% of Trump\u2019s and Kasich\u2019s supporters think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases,&#8221; Laguens continues, &#8220;but a whopping 73% of Cruz\u2019s supporters want to ban abortion in all or most cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NewDefundAd3.jpg\" alt=\"NewDefundAd3\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NewDefundAd3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NewDefundAd3-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also complained that Cruz &#8220;consistently says he will open an investigation into Planned Parenthood on his first day in office,&#8221; and expressed fear that Cruz has &#8220;a real shot at the nomination and the presidency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz recently <a href=\"\/news\/cruz-mom-and-child-both-victims-of-abortion-dont-punish-the-baby-for-rape\/\">explained<\/a> to Megyn Kelly that he opposes abortion in cases of rape because as horrific a crime as rape is, the child is not at fault. He has also <a href=\"\/news\/cruz-campaign-airs-tv-ad-ted-cruz-will-prosecute-and-defund-planned-parenthood\/\">promised<\/a> to prosecute Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted babies&#8217; organs, and <a href=\"\/news\/cruz-congress-can-end-abortion-without-the-supreme-court\/\">endorsed<\/a> Congress extending legal protection to the preborn under the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant&#8217;s &#8220;biggest threat&#8221; among the 2016 Republican candidates. In a fundraising email for Hillary Clinton, who Planned Parenthood has endorsed over her Democrat primary competitor Bernie Sanders, Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens says that &#8220;unlike Trump and Kasich, who are more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":92531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[4241,4212,3581,19,1627,4554,131,14,615,3908],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &quot;biggest threat&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant&#039;s &quot;biggest threat&quot; among the 2016 Republican candidates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &quot;biggest threat&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant&#039;s &quot;biggest threat&quot; among the 2016 Republican candidates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ted-cruz-dreamstime-licensed.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"378\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Calvin Freiburger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Calvin Freiburger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Calvin Freiburger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d\"},\"headline\":\"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &#8220;biggest threat&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"#DefundPP\",\"#PPSellsBabyParts\",\"2016\",\"abortion\",\"abortion and rape\",\"Dawn Laguens\",\"GOP\",\"Planned Parenthood\",\"Republicans\",\"Ted Cruz\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\",\"name\":\"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their \\\"biggest threat\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant's \\\"biggest threat\\\" among the 2016 Republican candidates.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &#8220;biggest threat&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d\",\"name\":\"Calvin Freiburger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Calvin Freiburger\"},\"description\":\"Calvin Freiburger is a Wisconsin-based conservative writer and 2011 Hillsdale College graduate, dedicated to the principles of the American Founding\u2014individual liberty, limited government, public virtue, free markets, and strong defense\u2014though he believes no issue is more important than defending the unalienable rights of society\u2019s most vulnerable members. Calvin is an editor and administrator for TheFederalistPapers.org, and his work has appeared on NewsRealBlog.com, PatriotUpdate.com, LifeNews.com, LifeSiteNews.com, RightWisconsin.com, AmericanThinker.com, Stream.org, AmericanClarion.org, and more. Please check out his official website, ConservativeStandards.com. Follow @CalFreiburger\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/calvin-freiburger\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their \"biggest threat\"","description":"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant's \"biggest threat\" among the 2016 Republican candidates.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their \"biggest threat\"","og_description":"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant's \"biggest threat\" among the 2016 Republican candidates.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":672,"height":378,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ted-cruz-dreamstime-licensed.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Calvin Freiburger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Calvin Freiburger","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/"},"author":{"name":"Calvin Freiburger","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d"},"headline":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &#8220;biggest threat&#8221;","datePublished":"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/"},"wordCount":211,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["#DefundPP","#PPSellsBabyParts","2016","abortion","abortion and rape","Dawn Laguens","GOP","Planned Parenthood","Republicans","Ted Cruz"],"articleSection":["Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/","name":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their \"biggest threat\"","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-04-14T16:10:33+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-14T22:26:46+00:00","description":"This week, Planned Parenthood singled out Ted Cruz as potentially the abortion giant's \"biggest threat\" among the 2016 Republican candidates.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-calls-ted-cruz-their-biggest-threat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Planned Parenthood calls Ted Cruz their &#8220;biggest threat&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6eb2bf94c8064b71953ba137bf413c4d","name":"Calvin Freiburger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e27533b6967b0c47cce543ba67e2a7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Calvin Freiburger"},"description":"Calvin Freiburger is a Wisconsin-based conservative writer and 2011 Hillsdale College graduate, dedicated to the principles of the American Founding\u2014individual liberty, limited government, public virtue, free markets, and strong defense\u2014though he believes no issue is more important than defending the unalienable rights of society\u2019s most vulnerable members. Calvin is an editor and administrator for TheFederalistPapers.org, and his work has appeared on NewsRealBlog.com, PatriotUpdate.com, LifeNews.com, LifeSiteNews.com, RightWisconsin.com, AmericanThinker.com, Stream.org, AmericanClarion.org, and more. Please check out his official website, ConservativeStandards.com. Follow @CalFreiburger","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/calvin-freiburger\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92468"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92532,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92468\/revisions\/92532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}