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<p>Over the summer, the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion
group, released a series of edited videos accusing Planned Parenthood of
"selling baby parts" — claiming that the organization sold fetal tissue
to medical researchers for profit, when it's only allowed to do so
without making a profit.
Several state and federal investigations looked into the videos,
finding no evidence that CMP's claims were true. The videos were <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/8/28/9217323/planned-parenthood-tapes-edited">deceptively edited</a>, leaving out <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/07/14/attack-on-planned-parenthood-3-deceptive-edits/204419">multiple instances</a>
in which Planned Parenthood employees said, contrary to CMP's claims,
that fetal tissue research shouldn't be a revenue stream or a profit
maker.
Nonetheless, the videos led to another round of heated debates over abortion, with Congress even <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/8/2/9084695/defund-planned-parenthood-history">threatening</a>
to shut down the federal government to defund Planned Parenthood. But
the videos didn't actually seem to change people's mind about the
organization and abortion in general: Those who believe that life begins
at conception and abortion is murder, and that the use of those
murdered babies' tissue for medical research is abhorrent, mostly
continued to hold those beliefs, while those who believe life begins
later on and that a woman has the right to choose whether to have an
abortion — and whether to donate fetal tissue to science — also by and
large maintained those beliefs.
<q>"This is an appalling act of violence targeting access to health
care and terrorizing skilled and dedicated health care professionals"</q>
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Still, the videos led to some fiery political rhetoric. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/9/16/9342165/carly-fiorina-planned-parenthood">infamously claimed</a>
that one of the videos showed "a fully formed fetus on the table, its
heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it
alive to harvest its brain." While Planned Parenthood employees do work
with fetal tissue, Fiorina seems to have been referring to a different
mini documentary series produced by CMP, called <em>Human Capital</em>,
that uses stock footage of a fetus kicking on the table — although the
footage isn't from inside a Planned Parenthood facility.</span>
Many people blame this type of overheated rhetoric surrounding
Planned Parenthood for the shooting, claiming that the demonization of
abortion inspired Dear's violent acts. Planned Parenthood Rocky
Mountains CEO and president Vicki Cowart, for one, <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/29/9815346/no-more-baby-parts-planned-parenthood-shooting-suspect-allegedly-told">said</a>
in a statement that the attack was "motivated by opposition to safe and
legal abortion," adding, "This is an appalling act of violence
targeting access to health care and terrorizing skilled and dedicated
health care professionals."
But many Americans genuinely believe that abortion is murder, and it
is well within their rights to speak out against something they find
truly vile. Opponents of abortion rights also condemned the alleged
shooter: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/670981701561131008">characterized</a> the shooting as "domestic terrorism," and Republican rival and Sen. Ted Cruz <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-shooter-transgender_565ba648e4b072e9d1c23a85">said</a> it was "a multiple murder" carried out by "a deranged individual."</p>
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<blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Colorado Springs tragedy is domestic terrorism, especially for those us in the pro-life movement.</p>
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/670981701561131008">November 29, 2015</a>
</blockquote>
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<p>Even some liberals have argued that anti-abortion rhetoric should not be blamed for the shooting. As Kevin Drum of Mother Jones <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/kevins-three-laws-political-speech">put it</a>,
"Political speech is often fiery. It's often supposed to be fiery, and
there's always a risk that a few unhinged listeners will react in
extreme ways. That's a chance we have to take. If we rein in political
speech to a level where there's literally no risk of anyone reacting
badly, we'll have nothing but pabulum. <b>Robert L. Dear might very well
have been motivated to attack Planned Parenthood because he heard about
them selling fetal tissue, but that doesn't mean it was wrong for
activists to bring this to the public's attention."</b>
Nevertheless, the shooting comes at a particularly sensitive time for
the pro-choice movement, which has suffered major losses over the past
several years as Republicans have seized control of more state
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</font><div class="subscriber-preview"><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">COLORADOSPRINGS, Colo. — The man who police say staged a deadly shooting attack
on a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortion services said "no
more baby parts" after his arrest, a law enforcement official said
Saturday.</font></p></div><div style="position: relative;" class="subscriber-preview"><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The
official could not elaborate about the comment by the 57-year-old
suspect, Robert Lewis Dear. The official spoke on condition of anonymity
because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the
ongoing investigation.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">--</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LAT</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">the man who police say staged a deadly shooting attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortion services said "no more baby parts" after his arrest, a law enforcement official said Saturday.
The official could not elaborate about the comment by the 57-year-old suspect, Robert Lewis Dear. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
Planned Parenthood said late Saturday that witnesses said the gunman was motivated by opposition to abortion.
<b>Police, however, have not disclosed a motive for Friday's attack during which they say Dear stormed the Colorado Springs clinic, killing three people, including a police officer, before he surrendered to authorities.</b>
RELATED: What's known about the suspect in the Planned Parenthood shooting
<b>The attack thrust the clinic to the center of the ongoing debate over Planned Parenthood, which was re-ignited in July when antiabortion activists released undercover video they said showed the organization's personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs.</b>
Planned Parenthood has denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement costs for donating the organs to researchers. Still, the National Abortion Federation says it has since seen a rise in threats at clinics nationwide.
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The antiabortion activists, part of a group called the Center for Medical Progress, denounced the "barbaric killing spree in Colorado Springs by a violent madman" and offered prayers for the dead and wounded and for their families.</span>
The facility provides women's health services and has long been the site of regular antiabortion protests. A Roman Catholic priest who has held weekly Mass in front of the clinic for 20 years said Dear wasn't part of his group.
"I don't know him from Adam," said Rev. Bill Carmody. "I don't recognize him at all."
Dear, who was in custody and is expected to make his first court appearance Monday, was described by neighbors as reclusive. They said he stashed food in the woods, avoided eye contact and warned neighbors about government spying.
At a vigil Saturday at All Souls Unitarian Church, Rev. Nori Rost called the gunman a "domestic terrorist." In the back of the room, someone held a sign that said: "Women's bodies are not battlefields. Neither is our town."
Vicki Cowart, the regional head of Planned Parenthood, drew a standing ovation when she walked to the pulpit. She promised to quickly reopen the clinic. "We will adapt. We will square our shoulders and we will go on," she said.
After her remarks, a woman in the audience stood up, objected to the vigil becoming a "political statement" and left.
Cowart said the gunman "broke in" to the clinic Friday but didn't get past a locked door leading to the main part of the facility. She said there was no armed security when the shooting began. He surrendered to police after an hours-long standoff.
In the parking lot of the two-story building, one man said the gunman shot at him as he pulled his car out, blasting two holes in his windshield. Inside, one worker ducked under a table and called her brother to tell him to take care of her children if she was killed.
At one point, an officer whispered reports into his radio as he crept through the building. Others relayed information from surveillance cameras and victims in hiding. "We've got a report of a victim texting from just east of the lobby," someone said.
He was really strange and out there, but I never thought he would do any harm. — John Hood, neighbor
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In the end, a six-year veteran University of Colorado police officer was killed. Two civilians also died, though their identities weren't immediately released. Five other officers and four people were hospitalized.
Cowart said all 15 clinic employees survived and worked hard to make sure everyone else got into safe spaces and stayed quiet.</span>
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said the city is mourning and praised the bravery of first responders. He said the nation is wrestling with the causes of violence but that it's too early to discuss that while the city is reeling.
"This is the kind of thing that hits the entire community in the gut," he said.
Cowart said the organization would learn from the attack. When asked if the clinic should have more security, she said the clinic's clients shouldn't have to walk through metal detectors.
The attack marked the latest mass shooting to stun the nation, and drew the now-familiar questions about a gunman's motives and whether anyone, from government to relatives, could have done anything to prevent an attack.
Those who knew the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Dear said he seemed to have few religious or political leanings.
Neighbors of Dear's former South Carolina home say he hid food in the woods as if he was a survivalist and said he lived off selling prints of his uncle's paintings of Southern plantations and the Masters golf tournament.
John Hood said Saturday that when he moved to Walterboro, Dear was living in a doublewide mobile home next door. Hood said Dear seemed to be a loner and very strange but not dangerous.
He pointed to a wooden fence separating their land and said he put it up because Dear liked to skinny dip.
Hood said that Dear rarely talked to them, and when he did, he tended to offer unsolicited advice such as recommending that Hood put a metal roof on his house so the U.S. government couldn't spy on him.
"He was really strange and out there, but I never thought he would do any harm," he said.
Robert L. Dear
Robert L. Dear, 57, the suspect in the Nov. 27 shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado Springs Police Department / AFP/Getty Images)
Dear also lived part of the time in a cabin with no electricity or running water in Black Mountain, N.C. He kept mostly to himself, his neighbors said. When he did talk, it was a rambling combination of topics that didn't make sense.
He tended to avoid eye contact, said James Russell, who lived a few hundred feet down the mountain from Dear's cabin.
"If you talked to him, nothing with him was very cognitive," Russell said.
Other neighbors knew Dear, too, but they didn't want to give their names because they said they were scared of him.
Russell and others said the only companion they saw with him was a mangy dog that appeared to be in such bad shape they called animal control because they worried he was beating it.
In the small town of Hartsel, about 60 miles west of Colorado Springs, about a dozen police vehicles and fire trucks were parked outside a small white trailer belonging to Dear located on a sprawling swath of land.
Property records indicate Dear purchased the land about a year ago.
Another law enforcement official said authorities searched the trailer Saturday but found no explosives. The official, who has direct knowledge of the case, said authorities also talked with a woman who was living in the trailer. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
Zigmond Post, who lives near the RV where Dear lived, said he didn't have many interactions with Dear but he said the suspect once gave him materials opposing President Obama.
"He didn't talk about them or anything. He just said 'Look them over when you get a chance,'" Post said.
Jamie Heffelman, owner of the Highline Cafe in Hartsel, said residents would occasionally see Dear at the post office to get his mail but he never said much. "Nobody really knows him. He stays to himself," she said.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-planned-parenthood-motive-20151128-story.html
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</font></div><div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Wednesday announced a congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood, a day after anti-abortion activists released a video of an unsuspecting official from the organization explaining how it provides fetal tissue to researchers.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Echoing the activists’ allegation, Speaker John A. Boehner and other top Republicans suggested that Planned Parenthood was selling fetal parts, which is illegal if done for profit. But Planned Parenthood said that while it charges for expenses such as processing and transporting, it makes no money from the fetal tissue donated by women who get abortions. The official shown in the video repeatedly says something similar to two activists posing as biotechnology representatives.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The California-based group responsible for the video, the Center for Medical Progress, appears to have been started relatively recently. Its creator, David Daleiden, once worked with another anti-abortion group, Live Action, and he and Live Action’s leader, Lila Rose, who also promoted the video, are familiar to Planned Parenthood affiliates from previous undercover videos. Mr. Daleiden and Ms. Rose did not return calls and emails on Wednesday.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The release of the video and subsequent House investigation opens a new round in the partisan wars over Planned Parenthood that have raged since the Republicans took control of the House four and a half years ago. This time, Republicans running for president eagerly joined in, promising to stoke the furor, as anti-abortion conservatives took to social media to demand action.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Past battles provoked backlashes against congressional Republicans and against Mitt Romney, the party’s presidential nominee in 2012. But even before the video began circulating online, Republicans had moved to cut all money for Planned Parenthood and the Title X family-planning program from a spending bill awaiting a House vote.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">“When an organization monetizes an unborn child — and with the cavalier attitude portrayed in this horrific video — we must all act,” Mr. Boehner said in a statement.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Four senior Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which will conduct the investigation, said in a statement that they would “get to the bottom of this appalling situation.” Two Republican governors ordered investigations in their states: Greg Abbott of Texas and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who is a presidential candidate.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Other Republican contenders for president condemned Planned Parenthood, including Jeb Bush, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Carly Fiorina and Rick Perry.</span> Another candidate, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, drew the most applause during a campaign stop in South Carolina on Wednesday when he boasted of having defunded Planned Parenthood in his state.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">A spokesman for Planned Parenthood, Eric Ferrero, said in a statement that the Republicans’ claims were “flat out” untrue, “but that doesn’t matter to politicians with a longstanding political agenda to ban abortion and defund Planned Parenthood.”</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">“Our medical practices and guidelines in this area are clear,” he added, “and we do this important work just like other high-quality health care providers — with full, appropriate consent from patients, under the highest ethical and legal standards, and with no financial benefit for the patient or Planned Parenthood.”</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">But the companies that acquire such tissue from Planned Parenthood can command high prices, depending on the processing required, given the demand among researchers.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">“These tissues are very valuable for studying human development and finding out what makes it tick,” said Dr. Susan Fisher, who directs the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program at the University of California, San Francisco. “Can we reprogram cells in the same way to repair disease processes? Can we have a better understanding of the sort of haywire development that accompanies some tumors?”</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">“A lot of women want to make these donations” in the hope that useful information can be gained, Dr. Fisher added.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The National Institutes of Health spent $76 million in 2014 on research involving human fetal tissue, and it expects to spend the same amount this year. Researchers at universities with medical centers that perform abortions may obtain fetal tissue there, but private companies also act as middlemen, obtaining tissue from abortion providers and selling it to researchers.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">...</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">An undercover video released Tuesday by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress claims to show a physician at Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of fetal body parts after an abortion. The family planning provider says the video was selectively edited to mislead viewers about fetal tissue donations that are legal, not for profit, and for the purposes of medical research.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The <a href="http://www.centerformedicalprogress.org/2015/07/planned-parenthoods-top-doctor-praised-by-ceo-uses-partial-birth-abortions-to-sell-baby-parts/" target="_hplink" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 195); text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">footage shows Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Senior Director of Medical Services</a>, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, describing how she would attempt to remove fetal organs and body parts intact during an abortion for patients who want to donate them for research. She is speaking to an activist posing as a "fetal tissue procurement company," according to the video.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">"Every provider has had patients want to donate their tissue, and they absolutely want to accommodate them," Nucatola says in the video. "They just want to do it in a way that is not perceived as, 'This clinic is selling tissue, this clinic is making money off of this.'"...</font></p></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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David Daleiden & CMP Are The Latest Examples In A Long History Of Bogus Attacks
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Planned Parenthood And Womens’ Health Providers Have A Long History Of Political Attacks &
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Radical Anti
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Radical Organi
zations Have Also Accused Planned Parenthood Of Everything From “Genocide” To “Deviancy”
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Right
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Wing Groups Used False Attacks
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Extremists’ History Of Violent Attacks On Planned Parenthood And Abort
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Daleiden Has Long Advocated Congressional Investigations Into Planned Parenthood
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Daleiden Previously Attacked A Womens’ Health Advocate As “Bitter” And “Tone
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Daleiden History Of Using Videotapes Against Womens’ Health Advocates Dates To His Time In College
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Daleiden Mentored Famous Right
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Planned Parenthood And Womens
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Health Providers Have A Long History Of
Political Attacks & Violence Against Them
RADICAL ANTI
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CHOICE GROUPS HAVE A
HISTORY OF USING MIS
LEADING
VIDEOS TO ATTACK PLA
NNED PARENTHOOD
2011: Discredited Videos “Purportedly
Showed Planned Parenthood Employees Assisting Pimps With Getting
Abortions And Contraception For Their Underage Sex Slaves.”
According to Mother Jones, “In February, Lila Rose, a
22
-
year
-
old anti
-
abortion activist, made headlines with a series of undercove
r videos that purportedly showed Planned
Parenthood employees assisting pimps with getting abortions and contraception for their underage sex slaves. It came out that
PP had reported Rose's phony sex traffickers to the feds, but no matter. The hoax gave ne
w fodder to the family
-
planning
organization's congressional opponents, and Rose still cites it as evidence that PP has ‘conceal[ed] statutory rape and help[
ed]
child sex traffickers.’” [Mother Jones,
3/31/11
]
Planned Parenthood Had Actually Reported The “Phony Sex Traffickers” To Federal Authorities.
According to
Mother Jones, “In February, Lila Rose, a 22
-
year
-
old anti
-
abortion activist, made headlines with a
series of undercover videos
that purportedly showed Planned Parenthood employees assisting pimps with getting abortions and contraception for their
underage sex slaves. It came out that PP had reported Rose's phony sex traffickers to the feds, but no matte
r<b>. The hoax gave
new fodder to the family-planning organization's congressional opponents, and Rose still cites it as evidence that PP has
‘conceal[ed] statutory rape and help[ed] child sex traffickers.’”</b> [Mother Jones,
3/31/11
]
The Video Was Released By A “22
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Year
-
Old Anti
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<b>Abortion Activist” And James O’Keefe “Protégé,” Named Lila
Rose.</b>
According to Mother Jones, “In February,
Lila Rose, a 22
-
year
-
old anti
-
abortion activist, made headlines with a series of
undercover videos that purportedly showed Planned Parenthood employees assisting pimps with getting abortions and
contraception for their underage sex slaves. It came out that
PP had reported Rose's phony sex traffickers to the feds, but no
matter. The hoax gave new fodder to the family
-
planning organization's congressional opponents, and Rose still cites it as
evidence that PP has ‘conceal[ed] statutory rape and help[ed] child
sex traffickers.’ Yesterday, Rose, a protegé of video
-
sting
provocateur James O'Keefe, released a new video that she claims catches the president of PP in a major lie.” [Mother Jones,
3/31/11
]
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Lila Rose Is President Of Live Action.
According to the biography of Lila Rose posted on Live Action’s website, “Lila
Rose is the president of Live Action, a new media nonprofit dedicated to ending abortion and building a
culture of life.
Lila founded Live Action when she was fifteen years old. The group is a new media movement dedicated to building a
culture of life and ending abortion, the greatest human rights injustice of our time. Live Action uses powerful and dynamic
media platforms to educate the public about the humanity of the unborn and investigative journalism to expose the threats
against the vulnerable and defenseless.” [LiveAction.org/LilaRose, accessed
7/15/15
]
“Thorough, Frame
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By
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Frame Reviews” Of The Live Action Videos “Show That What Is Posted On YouTube Often
Bears Little Relation To What Happened In Reality, Due To Heavy Editing.”
According to the Huffington Post, “The
Live Action stars pretend to be a pim
p and a prostitute engaged in human trafficking and looking for birth control, STD
testing and abortions. The videos that the organization puts out can be convincing and disturbing
--
and in at least two cases
were found by Planned Parenthood to be legitimate cause for dismissals
--
but thorough, frame
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by
-
frame reviews of the full
-
length videos show that what is posted on YouTube often bears little relation to what happened in reality, due to heavy editi
ng
that alters the meaning of conversations.” [Huffing
ton Post,
2/24/11
]
A Video Made At An Appleton, WI, Planned Parenthood And Released By Rose Was Edited To Make It Look Like
A Woman Was Being Pressured By A
Doctor To Get An Abortion When The “Reality” Was “Much Different.”
“But
the types of concerns the media have with previous videos are fully validated in many of Rose's other productions,
undermining the more damning videos they do manage to produce. Take
a video made in an Appleton, Wis., Planned
Parenthood center. The woman pretending to be pregnant asks: ‘When does it become a baby?’ Ah, when you're like seven
months pregnant. Or six, seven moths [
sic
] pregnant,’ the doctor says, before the video jumps s
traight to him saying: ‘But you
don't wanna wait, because the sooner you do an abortion the easier it is and the quicker it is.’ In reality, what the doctor
said
next was much different, according to the longer version: ‘Are you sure this is the best thing
for you?’ That question doesn't fit
with the notion that the doctor was urging her to have an abortion and was spliced from the video, as was the rest of the
exchange.” [Huffington Post,
2/24/11
]
Rose Accused PP President Cecile Richards Of “Blatantly” Lying About The Effect Of Federal Cuts To PP On
Women’s Access To Basic Services Like Mammograms, Because Rose Claimed, PP Did Not Offer Mammograms
.
According
to Mother Jones, “Yesterday, Rose, a protegé of video
-
sting provocateur James O'Keefe, released a new video that
she claims catches the president of PP in a major lie. Here's what she says she uncovered: In an appearance on the Joy Behar
Show, PP president
Cecile Richards lied when she said the following about a proposal to cut federal funding to her group: If
this bill ever becomes law, millions of women in this country are gonna lose their health care access
–
not to abortion services
–
to basic family planni
ng, you know, mammograms. That statement, Rose asserts, is ‘blatantly false’ because PP does not offer
mammograms.” [Mother Jones,
3/31/11
]
“In Reality, PP Doe
s Provide Women With Access To Mammograms
—
Not By Doing Them Itself, But By Making
Referrals.”
According to Mother Jones, “Yes, but... As we've learned time and time again, these stings usually prove too
good to be true once you scratch their heavily polished
surfaces. [...]. Unsurprisingly, Rose's new exposé rests on a pretty
flimsy premise. Live Action, Rose's group, claims that PP ‘cheats taxpayers with imaginary mammograms.’ That's a pretty bold
accusation, suggesting that PP is bilking the federal governmen
t. It's not supported by any financial or documentary evidence
but rather on that one brief clip of Cecile Richards. Rose's interpretation of the clip holds up only if you overlook or igno
re
Richards' use of the word ‘access.’ In reality, PP does provide w
omen with access to mammograms
—
not by doing them itself,
but by making referrals.” [Mother Jones,
3/31/11
]
<b>James O’Keefe And Rose Took Secret Recordings At A Planned Parenthood Clinic Where They Pretended To Be A
Couple Trying To Get An Abortion For Rose, Who Claimed To Be 15 Years Old. </b>
According to the New York Times
Magazine, “After graduating in 2006, [James] O’Keefe went to work at the Leadership Institute.
‘James was an extremely hard
worker,’ Blackwell says. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">‘He probably conducted about 75 training programs around the country.’ In California he met Lila
Rose, a student at U.C.L.A. Posing as a couple, they visited two offices of Planned Parenthood in Los Ang
eles. At one, Rose,
who claimed to be 15 years old and pregnant, was advised by a worker to lie about her age to qualify for an abortion. ‘Just
figure out a birthday that works,’ the Planned Parenthood staff member said. ‘I don’t know anything.</span>’” [New York
Times
Magazine,
7/27/11
]
O’Keefe Was Fired From His Job At The Leadership Institute After The Planned Parenthood Video Was Released
.
According to th
e New York Times Magazine, “After graduating in 2006, [James] O’Keefe went to work at the Leadership
Institute. ‘James was an extremely hard worker,’ Blackwell says. ‘He probably conducted about 75 training programs around
the country.’ In California he me
t Lila Rose, a student at U.C.L.A. Posing as a couple, they visited two offices of Planned
Parenthood in Los Angeles. At one, Rose, who claimed to be 15 years old and pregnant, was advised by a worker to lie about
her age to qualify for an abortion. ‘Just
figure out a birthday that works,’ the Planned Parenthood staff member said. ‘I don’t
know anything.’ This video cost two people their jobs. One was the Planned Parenthood employee; the other was James
O’Keefe. ‘We teach conservatives how to focus their pr
inciples, but we don’t take positions on contentious issues,’ says
Blackwell, whose institute’s tax
-
exempt status depends on at least the veneer of nonpartisanship. ‘We told James to end his
sting activities or leave.’” [New York Times Magazine,
7/27/11
]
In 2012 Planned Parenthood Clinics Across The Country Were Targeted By “Two Dozen Or More ‘Hoax Visits,’” In
Which Women Claiming To Be Pregnant Asked
Questions About Sex
-
Selective Abortion.
According to the
Huffington Post, “A string of suspicious incidents at Planned Parenthood clinics across the country has given the organizatio
n
reason to believe that anti
-
abortion activists are targeting it in a new
organized sting operation. According to Planned
Parenthood spokesperson Chloe Cooney, clinics in at least 11 states have reported two dozen or more ‘hoax visits’ over the
past several weeks, in which a woman walks into a clinic, claims to be pregnant and
asks a particular pattern of provocative
questions about sex
-
selective abortions, such as how soon she can find out the gender of the fetus, by what means and
whether she can schedule an abortion if she's having a girl.” [Huffington Post,
4/23/12
]
2012: Live Action “Stepped Up Its Campaign Against What It Said Is An Increase In Sex
-
Selective Abortions, Using
Hoax Patient Visits And Hidden Cameras”
At Planned Parenthood Clinics
. According to the New York Times, “The
House rejected a bill on Thursday that would have banned abortions based on gender. The vote came as a group opposed to
abortion rights stepped up its campaign against what it said is an
increase in sex
-
selective abortions, using hoax patient visits
and hidden cameras to show Planned Parenthood employees offering guidance to women looking to terminate their
pregnancies because they were concerned about having a girl. The group, Live Action
, released an edited undercover video
and an unedited version on Tuesday of an employee at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin, Tex., giving information to a
woman pretending to want to terminate her pregnancy if she was carrying a girl.” [New York Times
, 5/31/12]
The Video Campaign Coincided With A House Vote On A Bill “That Would Have Banned Abortions Based On
Gender.”
According to the New York Times, “The House rejected a bill on Thursday that would have banned abortions
based on gender. The vote came as a group opposed to abortion rights stepped up its campaign against what it said is an
increase in sex
-
selective abor
tions, using hoax patient visits and hidden cameras to show Planned Parenthood employees
offering guidance to women looking to terminate their pregnancies because they were concerned about having a girl. The
group, Live Action, released an edited undercove
r video and an unedited version on Tuesday of an employee at a Planned
Parenthood clinic in Austin, Tex., giving information to a woman pretending to want to terminate her pregnancy if she was
carrying a girl.” [New York Times, 5/31/12]
Live Action Releas
ed A Video Filmed With A Hidden Camera At A Planned Parenthood Clinic In New York At A
News Conference With Rep. Trent Franks.
According to the New York Times, “At a news conference Thursday morning
in Washington with Representative Trent Franks, a Republi
can from Arizona who is the main sponsor of the bill known as the
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, or Prenda, the group released a second video that was filmed with a hidden camera at the
Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood clinic in Manhattan. Both the edit
ed and unedited versions of the Manhattan video show
a meeting between a counselor and a woman also pretending she wants to be pregnant only with a boy. In the video, the
counselor answers questions in a matter
-
of
-
fact, nonjudgmental approach about what pr
enatal tests can be used to determine
gender in a pregnancy. The counselor also suggests prenatal care in the case that the hoax patient continues her pregnancy.
The counselor also asks if the woman would consider adoption.” [New York Times, 5/31/12]
Rose
Claimed The Videos Show “How Planned Parenthood And Other Abortion Providers Facilitated The Selective
Elimination Of Baby Girls In The Womb.”
According to the New York Times, “Lila Rose, 23, a recent graduate of
U.C.L.A. who is the president and founder
of Live Action, an antiabortion group that she started at age 15, said the
undercover videos exposed what she said was a growing practice of sex
-
selective abortion in the United States and how
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers facilitated the
selective elimination of baby girls in the womb. She said
hidden cameras were used to make videos in about a dozen abortion clinics around the country in April and would be released
in the coming week as part of a ‘Protect Our Girls’ campaign.” [New York
Times, 5/31/12]
RADICAL ORGANIZATION
S HAVE ALSO ACCUSED
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
OF EVERYTHING FROM “
GENOCIDE” TO
“
DEVIANCY”
Right
-
Wing Groups Have Accused Planned Parenthood Of Targeting African Americans
A Billboard Campaign By The Radiance Foundation
Accused Planned Parenthood of Participating In “Black
Genocide.”
According to the American Prospect, “In Atlanta, Georgia, a billboard campaign that started this month
proclaims that "black children are an endangered species." On the campaign's Web site, T
ooManyAborted.com, the Radiance
Foundation alludes to Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger's support of eugenics and cites the disproportionately
high number of unintended pregnancies and abortions among black women. The campaign is part of a new pus
h by anti
-
choice advocates to exploit unequal access for reproductive
-
health services and black
-
genocide conspiracy theories (including
the problematic history of Sanger) to further their agenda.” [American Prospect,
2/23/10
]
Washington Post Editorial: “Conservatives “Suggest That Planned Parenthood Targets African Americans For
Abortions Today By Concentrating Its Clinics In Black Communities.”
According to an editorial by The
Washington
Post, “In a wobbly attempt to bring that indictment up to date, conservatives and pro
-
life activists, including Mr. Cuccinelli
and Mr. Jackson, like to suggest that Planned Parenthood targets African Americans for abortions today by concentratin
g its
clinics in black communities.” [Editorial
–
Washington Post, 6/13/13]
Washington Post Editorial: Conservatives’ “Accusations Are Baseless” And There Is “No Evidence That She Either
Advocated ‘Genocide’ For Blacks Or Believed They Were Genetically In
ferior.”
According to an editorial by The
Washington Post, “The accusations are baseless. According to investigations by PolitiFact and The Post's Fact Checker, Glenn
Kessler, Ms. Sanger was enamored of the eugenics movement, broadly popular a century ago,
which held that better breeding
would produce a superior society. However, according to PolitiFact, there is no evidence that she either advocated ‘genocide’
for blacks or believed they were genetically inferior. The birth control clinic she opened in Har
lem in the 1930s didn't perform
abortions, and it was supported by black leaders, including W.E.B. Du Bois.” [Editorial
–
Washington Post, 6/13/13]
Washington Post Editorial: The Charge That “Planned Parenthood Targets African Americans Today Is Equally
F
antastic.”
According to an editorial by The Washington Post, “As for now, the charge that Planned Parenthood targets
African Americans today is equally fantastic. A nonprofit organization, its 800 centers provide a broad range of health
-
care
services, most
of them preventive, primarily in rural and medically underserved areas. Mr. Kessler is among those who have
concluded that most clinics are not in primarily black communities.” [Editorial
–
Washington Post, 6/13/13]
American Life League Vice President Ji
m Sedlak: Planned Parenthood “Has A Stranglehold On The Obama
Administration” And “Is Using Its Political Clout To Increase Its Profits.”
According to an opinion in the Washington
Times by American Life League Vice President Jim Sedlak, “Looking at this si
tuation, one might think that Planned
Parenthood has a stranglehold on the Obama administration and is using its political clout to increase its profits and to thw
art
efforts by citizens all across the country to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for its
actions.” [Jim Sedlak
–
Washington
Times, 6/6/11]
Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser: Planned Parenthood “Has Raked In More Than $300
Million In Profits over The Past Four Years.”
According to PolitiFact Florida, “In response, Marjorie
Dannenfelser,
president of the Susan B. Anthony List, said: "The truly 'anti
-
woman' organization here is Planned Parenthood and the party
that continues to defend its taxpayer funding when it has raked in more than $300 million in profits over the past fo
ur years.”
[PolitiFact Florida,
6/7/11
]
Nonprofit Management Expert Christopher Stone: “A Nonprofit's Surplu
s Should Not Be Confused With Profit”
Because “Profits Are Generated By Businesses To Reward Investors” But “Surpluses Must Be Devoted To The
Charitable Purposes Of The Organization."
According to PolitiFact Florida, “‘Bottom line: a nonprofit's surplus sh
ould
not be confused with profit,’ Stone wrote in an e
-
mail. ‘Profits are generated by businesses to reward investors. Businesses also
use profits to provide additional compensation (bonuses tied to profits) for employees who help generate the profits for
investors. Because nonprofits may not use their surpluses for either of these purposes, these surpluses should not be confuse
d
with profits. All surpluses must be devoted to the charitable purposes of the organization.’” [PolitiFact Florida,
6/7/11
]
Concerned Women For America: Planned Parenthood Promotes “Death, Crime, And Deviancy”
Concerned Women For
America: Planned Parenthood Receives “More Than Half A Billion Dollars Of Government
Funds To Promote Death, Crime, And Deviancy.”
According a post on Concerned Women for America’s website, “Why
would Planned Parenthood receive more than half a billion dol
lars of government funds to promote death, crime, and
deviancy? The short answer is because it can, thanks to politicians who either ignore Planned Parenthood’s actions or, worse,
support them. Please call your representative today and tell them to vote fo
r H.R. 61 and H.R. 217 and take a stand to
promote life and decency.” [CWFA.org,
1/10/13
]
CWA President Penny Nance: Planned Parenthood Claims To “Advocate For Sound U.S. F
oreign Policies That
Improve The Sexual And Reproductive Health” But Failed “To Even Mention” The Threat Of ISIS.
According to an
opinion by CWA CEO and President Penny Nance for the Daily Caller, “Planned Parenthood Global, which claims to
‘advocate for
sound U.S. foreign policies that improve the sexual and reproductive health and well
-
being of individuals and
families globally,’ fails to even mention the threat ISIS plays to those women once on their website. In fact, search ‘ISIS’
in the
search query,
and you’ll be redirected to ‘abortion and birth control.’ Sigh.” [Penny Nance
–
Daily Caller,
10/22/14
]
Penny Nance: If You Search For The Word “ISIS” On The Planned Parenthoo
d Website You’ll Just “Be Redirected
To ‘Abortion And Birth Control.’”
According to an opinion by CWA CEO and President Penny Nance for the Daily Caller,
“Planned Parenthood Global, which claims to ‘advocate for sound U.S. foreign policies that improve the
sexual and
reproductive health and well
-
being of individuals and families globally,’ fails to even mention the threat ISIS plays to those
women once on their website. In fact, search ‘ISIS’ in the search query, and you’ll be redirected to ‘abortion and bi
rth control.’
Sigh.” [Penny Nance
–
Daily Caller,
10/22/14
]
Right
-
Wing Groups Falsely Claimed That Planned Parenthood Was Teaching Teens How To Cover Up
Signs Of Abuse With Ma
keup
The Foundation for Government Accountability Spread A Claim That Planned Parenthood Was Showing Teens
How To Hide Signs Of Abuse With Makeup.
According to a tweet from Foundation for Government Accountability
senior coalitions director Kristina Ribal
i, “Disgusting. RT @StevenErtelt: Planned Parenthood Shows Teens How to Hide a
Beating With Makeup http://bit.ly/UgWVow.” [Twitter,
12/6/12
]
Family Research Council Also Spre
ad The Claim That Planned Parenthood Was Showing Teens How To Hide
Signs Of Abuse With Makeup
. According to a tweet from Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, “MT
@stevenertelt: Planned Parenthood Shows Teens How to Hide a Beating With Makeup htt
p://ow.ly/fUmW0.” [Twitter,
12/7/12
]
?
FRC President Tony Perkins: Planned Parenthood’s “History Of Statutory Rape Cover Up Makes Vid About
Hiding Beating Even More Awful”
According to a
tweet from Family Research Council President Tony Perkins,
.@PPAct's history of statutory rape cover up makes vid about hiding beating even more awful @michellemalkin
@jillstanek @LifeHasPurpose. [Twitter,
12/7/12
]
The Claims Came From An Article On LifeNews That Claimed A Video Posted By Planned Parenthood Showed
Women How To Hide Their Abuse.
According to Salon, “But following an article called ‘Is Planned Parenthood Showing
Teens Ho
w to Hide a Beating With Makeup?’ that appeared on the anti
-
abortion site LifeNews.com, right
-
wing activists
accused Planned Parenthood of advising women to hide abuse. LifeNews posted an editor’s note clarifying that ‘the video
itself is a great video tha
t rejects the notion of covering up domestic violence. But Planned Parenthood, on the other hand, has
a history of victimizing victims of sexual abuse a second time.’” Salon,
12/7/12
]
The Video Was “Produced By A London
-
Based Domestic Abuse Hotline” And Posted To A Facebook Page By
Planned Parenthood.
According to Salon, “The war on Planned Parenthood continued today with the right wing’s
trumped
-
up outrage over a video that they claim encourages domestic abuse victims to cover up their bruises with make
-
up. It began
after Planned Parenthood posted a video called’ How to look your best the morning after” on one of its Facebook pages. The
vi
deo, produced by a London
-
based domestic abuse hotline, features a woman giving tips on how to cover up bruises and
other signs of domestic abuse. At the end, it says: 65% of women who suffer domestic violence keep it hidden. Don’t cover it
up. Share this
and help someone speak out.” [Salon,
12/7/12
]
The Video “Features A Woman Giving Tips On How To Cover Up...Signs Of Domestic Abuse. At The
End, It
Says: 65% Of Women Who Suffer Domestic Violence Keep It Hidden. Don’t Cover It Up. Share This And Help
Someone Speak Out.”
According to Salon, “The war on Planned Parenthood continued today with the right wing’s
trumped
-
up outrage over a video that
they claim encourages domestic abuse victims to cover up their bruises with make
-
up. It
began after Planned Parenthood posted a video called ‘How to look your best the morning after’ on one of its Facebook
pages. The video, produced by a London
-
based dome
stic abuse hotline, features a woman giving tips on how to cover up
bruises and other signs of domestic abuse. At the end, it says: 65% of women who suffer domestic violence keep it hidden.
Don’t cover it up. Share this and help someone speak out.” [Salon,
12/7/12
]
LA Times Columnist Patt
Morrison: “The Video Is A Harrowingly Effective, Dead
-
Serious Sendup Of The How
-
To Makeup Videos That Are Hugely Popular Among Teenage Girls.”
According to an opinion by columnist Patt
Morrison for the Los Angeles Times, “The video is a harrowingly effect
ive, dead
-
serious sendup of the how
-
to makeup videos
that are hugely popular among teenage girls. That makes YouTube the ideal medium to send this message. In the video, a girl
who looks to have been badly beaten matter
-
of
-
factly talks about camouflaging t
he bruises and cuts. In the same tone of voice
that girls use in real makeup videos, this young woman deploys maquillage tools while she offers tips about concealing ‘any
splits that are caused by rings or watches,’ and extols the uses of a scarf or long h
air to cover injuries.” [Patt Morrison
–
Los
Angeles Times,
12/10/12
]
Planned Parenthood’s Message Above The
Link To The Video Stated: “A Recent Study Showed That Almost 1 In 10
High School Students Has Been Hit, Slapped Or Physically Hurt On Purpose By A Boyfriend Or Girlfriend In The
Last 12 Months.”
According to an opinion by columnist Patt Morrison for the
Los Angeles Times, “The video was
produced by the anti
-
domestic
-
abuse group Refuge in Britain; Planned Parenthood linked to it on a Facebook page in August
with this note across the top: ‘A recent study showed that almost 1 in 10 high school students has b
een hit, slapped or
physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the last 12 months. Watch this video and tell us in the comments
what you would do if Lauren [the young woman in the video] was your best friend.’” [Patt Morrison
–
Los Angeles
Times,
12/10/12
]
CWA Released A Statement Condemning The Video, Claimed Planned Parenthood “Thinks A Pract
ical Way To
End Domestic Violence Is To Coach Victims On Makeup Tips To Hide Their Abuse.”
According to a press release
from Concerned Women for America, “Concerned Women for America (CWA) CEO and President Penny Nance issued the
following statement in lig
ht of a recent video shown on Planned Parenthood's Facebook page instructing viewers how to
cover up wounds from a beating: ‘Why are we giving $1 million dollars per day to an organization that thinks a practical way
to
end domestic violence is to coach vi
ctims on makeup tips to hide their abuse? Once again Planned Parenthood gets it so
wrong. Between coaching pimps on how to obtain free abortions for sex trafficking victims, to support for sex selection
abortions, to targeting minority babies, this organiz
ation is a toxic waste of taxpayer funds and is damaging to American
culture. They deceitfully wrap their radical ideology in terms like 'women's health,' but all they really care about is perpe
tuating
their insidious goals of coarsening our culture and un
dermining American families.’” [Concerned Women for America Press
Release,
12/7/12
]
?
CWA President Penny Nance: “Between Coaching Pimps On How To Obtain Free
Abortions For Sex
Trafficking Victims, To Support For Sex Selection Abortions, To Targeting Minority Babies, This Organization
Is A Toxic Waste Of Taxpayer Funds
.
”
According to a press release from Concerned Women for America,
“Concerned Women for America
(CWA) CEO and President Penny Nance issued the following statement in light of a
recent video shown on Planned Parenthood's Facebook page instructing viewers how to cover up wounds from a beating:
‘Why are we giving $1 million dollars per day to an organiz
ation that thinks a practical way to end domestic violence is to
coach victims on makeup tips to hide their abuse? Once again Planned Parenthood gets it so wrong. Between coaching
pimps on how to obtain free abortions for sex trafficking victims, to suppor
t for sex selection abortions, to targeting
minority babies, this organization is a toxic waste of taxpayer funds and is damaging to American culture. They deceitfully
wrap their radical ideology in terms like 'women's health,' but all they really care abo
ut is perpetuating their insidious goals
of coarsening our culture and undermining American families.’” [Concerned Women for America Press Release,
12/7/12
]
RIGHT
-
WING GROUPS USED FAL
SE ATTACKS ON PLANNE
D PARENTHOOD
TO ADVANCE THEIR ANT
I
-
CHOICE AGENDA
Rep. Mike Pence Cited Lila Rose’s Videos “As Justification For An Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood
.
”
According to the Huffington Post, “Rep. Mike Pence of I
ndiana, a national Republican leader, cited Rose's videos as
justification for an attempt to defund Planned Parenthood on Feb. 2, a day after she released new footage. "The recent releas
e
of an undercover video exposing duplicity and potential criminality
by an employee of Planned Parenthood is an outrage.
Every American should be shocked that an employee of the largest recipient of federal funds under Title X has been recorded
aiding and abetting underage sex trafficking," Pence said. ‘The time to deny any
and all funding to Planned Parenthood is now.
In the wake of yet another scandal involving Planned Parenthood, I urge Congress to move the Title X Abortion Provider
Prohibition Act to the floor for immediate consideration.’” [Huffington Post,
2/25/11
]
NPR: Sen. Jon Kyl Claimed On The Senate Floor That Abortion Is “Well Over 90 Percent Of What Planned
Parenthood Does,” But “In Fact, Just The Opposite Is True.”
According to NPR, “Just last Friday, for example,
Republican Sen. John Kyl of Arizona said on the Senate floor that ‘if you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood.
And that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.’ In fact, just the
opposite is true; well over 90 percent of
what Planned Parenthood does is NOT abortion. Kyl's office later said his speech ‘wasn't intended to be a factual statement,’
which, among other things, got him ridiculed by both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.”
[NPR,
4/13/11
]
NPR: “Well Over 90 Percent Of What Planned Parenthood Does Is NOT Abortion.”
According to NPR, “Just last
Friday, for example, Republican
Sen. John Kyl of Arizona said on the Senate floor that ‘if you want an abortion, you go to
Planned Parenthood. And that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.’ In fact, just the opposite is true; wel
l
over 90 percent of what Planned Paren
thood does is NOT abortion. Kyl's office later said his speech ‘wasn't intended to be a
factual statement,’ which, among other things, got him ridiculed by both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.” [NPR,
4/13/11
]
“Kyl's Office Later Said His Speech ‘Wasn't Intended To Be A Factual Statement,’ Which, Among Other Things,
Got Him Ridiculed By Both Jon Stewart And Stephen Colbert.”
According to NPR, “Just last F
riday, for example,
Republican Sen. John Kyl of Arizona said on the Senate floor that ‘if you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood.
And that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.’ In fact, just the opposite is true; well over 90
percent of
what Planned Parenthood does is NOT abortion. Kyl's office later said his speech ‘wasn't intended to be a factual statement,’
which, among other things, got him ridiculed by both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.” [NPR,
4/13/11
]
FSU Sociology Professor Deana Rohlinger Said That Republicans Use Attempts To Defund Planned Parenthood
“To Regain The Confidence Of Its Conservative Base, Particularly
Among The Social Conservatives.”
According to
NPR, “Despite the successes members of the anti
-
abortion movement have had over the years in restricting the procedure,
‘Planned Parenthood remains the thorn in their side,’ says Deana Rohlinger, associate pro
fessor of sociology at Florida State
University. [...] Meanwhile, says Rohlinger, Republicans can use attempts to defund the group ‘to regain the confidence of its
conservative base, particularly among the social conservatives.’ As elections approach, many a
nti
-
abortion activists have been
complaining that Republicans have not gone far enough to try to end the practice. ‘So Planned Parenthood is a really
convenient and good rallying point,’ she says. And that is why the fight is unlikely to end anytime soon.”
[NPR,
4/13/11
]
Rohlinger: “Planned Parenthood Is A Really Convenient And Good Rallying Point” For Conservatives Trying Win
Over Anti
-
Abortion Activists
Who Think Republicans “Have Not Gone Far Enough” To End Abortion.
According to
NPR, “Despite the successes members of the anti
-
abortion movement have had over the years in restricting the procedure,
‘Planned Parenthood remains the thorn in their side,’ sa
ys Deana Rohlinger, associate professor of sociology at Florida State
University. [...] Meanwhile, says Rohlinger, Republicans can use attempts to defund the group ‘to regain the confidence of its
conservative base, particularly among the social conservative
s.’ As elections approach, many anti
-
abortion activists have been
complaining that Republicans have not gone far enough to try to end the practice. ‘So Planned Parenthood is a really
convenient and good rallying point,’ she says. And that is why the fight
is unlikely to end anytime soon.” [NPR,
4/13/11
]
State Officials Have Followed The Groups’ Leads
Kansas’s Former Attorney General Targeted Planned Pare
nthood And Other Abortion Providers So Aggressively
That He Was Found Guilty Of “Ethical Misconduct” And Had His Law License Suspended.
According to the
Huffington Post,
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended the law license of the stat
e's former attorney
general, finding that he engaged in ‘ethical misconduct’ in his aggressive pursuit of charges against abortion providers in t
he
state. [...] George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who was killed in 2009 for providing abortions, was one of Klin
e's subjects of
investigation. Kline also led an investigation into a branch of Planned Parenthood located in the town of Overland Park, a
suburb of Kansas City. In 2007, that investigation culminated in a 107
-
count indictment where Kline alleged that Plan
ned
Parenthood had falsified records and performed illegal abortions. The case was later dropped by current Johnson County
District Attorney Steve Howe. [Huffington Post,
10/20/13
]
Attorney General Phill Kline Alleged In A 107
-
Count Indictment That Planned Parenthood Had Falsified Records
And Performed Illegal Abortions, Charges That Were Later Dropped.
According to the Huffington Post,
“In a
unanimous decision, the court found that former Attorney General Phill Kline, 53, broke professional conduct rules and
tended towards "overzealous advocacy" for his cause, Reuters reported. According to the ruling, the court was worried by
Kline's "i
nability or refusal" to acknowledge his misconduct. [...]George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who was killed in 2009 for
providing abortions, was one of Kline's subjects of investigation. Kline also led an investigation into a branch of Planned
Parenthood locat
ed in the town of Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. In 2007, that investigation culminated in a 107
-
count indictment where Kline alleged that Planned Parenthood had falsified records and performed illegal abortions. The case
was later dropped by curr
ent Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe.” [Huffington Post,
10/20/13
]
“An Outspoken Foe Of Abortion, Kline Had Clashed With Abortion Cli
nics And Planned Parenthood For Years.”
According to Reuters, “An outspoken foe of abortion, Kline had clashed with abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood for
years on whether they were abiding by all abortion laws. He prosecuted cases involving Planned P
arenthood and George
Tiller, a Wichita
-
based doctor who provided abortions before being murdered in 2009.” [Reuters,
10/18/13
]
The Kansas Supreme Court
Found Kline “Failed To Recognize The Line Between "Overzealous Advocacy" And
Operating Within The Limits Of The Law And His Professional Obligations.”
According to Reuters, “The Kansas
Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended the law license of forme
r state Attorney General Phill Kline for violating 11
rules of professional conduct in connection with his prosecution of abortion providers. In a 154
-
page report, the seven
-
member court unanimously found that Kline failed to recognize the line between "ov
erzealous advocacy" and operating within
the limits of the law and his professional obligations.” [Reuters,
10/18/13
]
Live Action Described Phill
Kline As “Heroic.”
According to a post on Live Action’s blog, “Heroic former KS Attorney
General Phill Kline is currently undergoing a witch trial and literally fighting for law license in the state of Kansas. Klin
e
remains the only state prosecutor to br
ing charges against Planned Parenthood
–
it’s not surprising he is in the crosshairs still
years after the fact.” [LiveAction.org/blog,
2/24/11
]
Opera
tion Rescue Asked Its Members To Donate To Kline’s Reelection Campaign For District Attorney of Johnson
County, Kansas, Citing His Work Against Planned Parenthood.
According to a post on Operation Rescue’s website,
“Dear Friends of Life, Phill Kline serve
s as the District Attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, where he has selflessly placed
his personal career and reputation on the line in an effort to enforce Kansas abortion laws. He is currently prosecuting the
Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Overland
Park on 107 charges
–
including 23 felonies
–
all serious violations of the law
that present a danger to the public. Please consider making a sacrificial contribution to Phill Kline’s re
-
election campaign. It’s
easy to do. Simply CLICK HERE and you can do
nate on line now or visit his website, www.standwithphill.com.”
[OperationRescue.org,
7/17/08
]
2013: The Florida House Of Representatives “Passed A Measure Banning Abortio
ns Meant To Avoid Having A
Baby Of A Particular Gender Or Race.”
According to the New
-
Press, “After tense debate that included allegations of lying
and large
-
scale eugenics, the House on Thursday passed a measure banning abortions meant to avoid having a b
aby of a
particular gender or race.” [News
-
Press, 4/19/13]
The Bill’s Sponsor “Alleged That Planned Parenthood Puts Its Abortion Clinics Disproportionately In Minority
Neighborhoods” Calling The Practice “Government
-
Funded ‘Eugenics.’”
According to the Ne
w
-
Press, “Its sponsor,
Rep. Charles Van Zant, alleged that Planned Parenthood puts its abortion clinics disproportionately in minority
neighborhoods
-
a charge the organization denies
-
and said that abortion has done more to reduce the size of the African
-
American population than any other danger that community might face
-
calling it government
-
funded ‘eugenics.’” [News
-
Press, 4/19/13]
Representative Charles Van Zant: “Planned Parenthood And Other Abortionists Have Reduced Our Black
Population By 25 Perc
ent Since 1973.”
According to the New
-
Press, “‘So without the Nazi holocaust, without the Ku Klux
Klan, Planned Parenthood and other abortionists have reduced our black population by 25 percent since 1973,’ said Van Zant,
a Keystone Heights Republican who
is white.” [News
-
Press, 4/19/13]
http://americanbridgepac.org/app/uploads/CMP-LIVE-ACTION-BACKGROUND-AND-BACKERS.pdf
GROUPS ASSOCIATED WI
TH DAVID DALEIDEN
'S PLANNED
PARENTHOOD VIDEO
The Center For Medical Progress
CMP LIKELY RECEIVED
IRS TAX EXEMPT STATU
S BY LEADING THE IRS
TO
BELIEVE CMP WAS EITH
ER
A HOSPITAL OR A BIOT
ECH/BIOENGINEERING
NONPROFIT
CMP Received Its Tax Exempt Status In 2013 Under The "
Biomedicine, Bioengineering
" Category
The Center For Medical Progress Received Its Formal IRS Exempt Status Ruling Date In December 2013.
[Citizen
Aud
it, accessed
7/15/15
]
?
The 2013 CMP Was The Same CMP As The 2015 CMP.
According to Slate, "Its URL does go back at least a
couple of years, but as Gawker notes, the history appears to be wiped. On the
Wayback Machine, you can see a
cached version of some of what was going on there. [...] The videos on the site consist mostly of a bunch of dry
interviews with researchers at an International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, and they go to the same
Y
ouTube channel used to distribute this Planned Parenthood video. (Those interview videos have been removed
from the front page of CMP's website and are only available if you click through the Wayback Machine links.)" [Slate,
7/15/15
]
Citizen Audit Listed CMP's NTEE As "Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines: Biomedicine, Bioengineering."
[Citizen Audit, accessed
7/15/15
]
?
"Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines: Biomedicine, Bioengineering" Was NTEE Code G92.
[NCCS,
accessed
7/15/15
]
The NTEE Code Was A System "Used By The IRS.... To Classify Nonprofit Organizations."
According to the
National Center for Charitable Statistics, "The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system is used by the IRS and
NCCS to classify nonprofit organ
izations. It is also used by the Foundation Center to classify both grants and grant recipients
(typically nonprofits or governments). NCCS and the IRS use the NTEE
-
CC system, described below, while the Foundation
Center uses a slightly different version
with more codes, as well as 'population/beneficiary' codes to indicate the type of
population served and "auspice" codes to indicate religious or governmental affiliation." [NCCS, accessed
7/15/
15
]
The IRS Determined NTEE Codes "Based On Descriptive Data In The Organizations Applications For
Recognition Of Tax
-
Exempt Status."
According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, "In the mid
-
1990s, the
IRS decided to begin classifying new o
rganizations using the NTEE system. The 'IRS determination specialists'
--
the
individuals who decide whether or not an organization is eligible to receive federal tax exempt status
--
would classify the
organizations based on descriptive data in the organi
zations' applications for recognition of tax
-
exempt status (Forms 1023
and 1024). Before beginning, they requested a simplified version of the NTEE to ease classification and to provide a better
fit
into the North American Industry Classification System (
NAICS), the new federal government economic classification system
that replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes in 1999." [NCCS, accessed
7/15/15
]
NTEE Has A Code For Right T
o Life Organizations
-
R62.
According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics,
"R62
-
Right to Life Organizations that support the passage of legislation which assigns legal rights to the unborn and seeks to
criminalize the termination of unwanted
pregnancies. Key words: Anti
-
Abortion; Fetal Rights; Pro
-
Life Advocacy"
[NCCS,
accessed
7/15/15
]
?
Live Action Was NTEE Code R62.
[NCCS, accessed
7/15/15
]
Completing The IRS Application For Exempt Status Is Performed Under The Penalty Of Perjury
Organizations File An IRS Form 1023 As An Applicat
ion For Tax
-
Exempt Status.
According to the IRS Form 1023,
"Form 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code." [IRS.gov,
accessed
7/15/15
]
?
For
m 1023: "I Declare Under The Penalties Of Perjury That... I Have Examined This Application,
Including The Accompanying Schedules And Attachments, And To The Best Of My Knowledge It Is True,
Correct, And Complete."
According to the IRS Form 1023, "I declare u
nder the penalties of perjury that I am
authorized to sign this application on behalf of the above organization and that I have examined this application,
including the accompanying schedules and attachments, and to the best of my knowledge it is true, cor
rect, and
complete." [IRS.gov, accessed
7/15/15
]
CMP SOLICITED DONATI
ONS UNDER FALSE PRET
ENSES OF EDUCATING
THE PUBLIC ABOUT ADV
ANCES IN REGENERATIV
E MEDICINE
CMP's Fake Website Described CMP As A
Nonprofit Dedicated To Educating The Public About "The Latest
Advances In Regenerative Medicine, Cell
-
Based Therapies, And Related Disciplines."
According to the Center for
Medical Progress website via archive.org, "The Center for Medical Progress is a non
-
profit organization dedicated to
informing and educating both the lay public and the scientific community about the latest advances in regenerative medicine,
cell
-
based therapies, and related disciplines. We take a special interest in the lab
-
to
-
clinic tr
anslational dynamic and tracking its
implications for academics, advocacy, private sector players, and the individual patient." [Centerformedicalprogress.org,
2/4/15
]
CMP's Fake "About Us": "We Take A Special Interest In The Lab
-
To
-
Clinic Translational Dynamic And Tracking
Its Implications For Academics, Advocacy, Private Sector Players, And The Individual Patient."
According to the
Center for Medical Pr
ogress website via archive.org, "The Center for Medical Progress is a non
-
profit organization dedicated
to informing and educating both the lay public and the scientific community about the latest advances in regenerative
medicine, cell
-
based therapies, an
d related disciplines. We take a special interest in the lab
-
to
-
clinic translational dynamic and
tracking its implications for academics, advocacy, private sector players, and the individual patient."
[Centerformedicalprogress.org,
2/4/15
]
CMP Solicited Donations Saying "Your Gift Of Any Amount Will Help Us Continue To Operate" With A Paypal
Donate Button.
According to the Center for Medical Progress web
site via archive.org, "The Center for Medical Progress is a
non
-
profit corporation. Your gift of any amount will help us continue to operate." [Centerformedicalprogress.org,
2/4/15
]
Center For Medical Progress & Troy Newman
CMP BOARD MEMBER TRO
Y NEWMAN IS AN ANTI
-
ABORTION EXTREMIST
Troy Newman Was A Board Member Of The Center For Medical Progress.
According to Christian Newswire,
"Operation Rescue
President Troy Newman serves on the Board of Daleiden's Center for Medical Progress. During this
investigation, Newman advised Daleiden, providing consultation services and material support." [Christian
Newswire,
7/14/15
]
Newman Holds Extreme Views On Abortion And Womens' Health Workers
Newman Compared Workers At Abortion Clinics To Nazi Concentration Camp Doctor Josef Mengele And Said
Banks Shouldn't Take Their "Blood Mon
ey."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "'If Josef Mengele came into a bank
saying, 'Here are a few gold teeth I ripped out of the Jews before I gassed them,' the bank would be horrified. They'd say, '
I'm
not taking your blood money.' That's the picture o
f abortionists that we have to paint,' [Troy] Newman said." [Los Angeles
Times,
2/17/04
]
July 2015: Troy Newman Spoke On Vcy America's "Crosstalk" Program And Said "
Terrible Weather Patterns... Our
Economic Clout Has Been Taken Away... The Stock Market Is Artificially Inflated..." Were God's Judgement
Against America For Abortion.
According to an interview with Troy Newman on VCY America's "Crosstalk" Program
captured by Ri
ght Wing Watch, "Operation Rescue's Troy Newman joined Jim Schneider on VCY America's 'Crosstalk'
program last week to discuss his efforts to shut down abortion providers, who he said are bringing God's judgment down on
America. When a caller asked about G
od's judgment for legal abortion, Newman responded that God doesn't always make
His displeasure known with 'some sort of cataclysmic judgment, like the Flood' but often comes 'one step at a time, one small
step until the people groan so heavily and they re
turn back to God and then they're slowly restored.' 'If you look at what's
going on in America....we've had some terrible weather patterns lately, our economic clout has been taken away, the stock
market is artificially inflated, there's a lot of people that
are predicting collapse there, the dollar is a fiat currency, is on shaky
ground, our moral decay, our morals have decayed so far, the attack on Christians and people of faith,' he said." [Right Wing
Watch,
7/14/15
]
Newman Has Sympathized That Murdering Womens' Health Doctors Can Be Justified Under The Law
Newman's Operatio
n Rescue West: "There Are Many Examples Where Taking The Life In Defense Of Innocent
Human Beings Is Legally Justified And Permissible Under The Law."
According to a press release from Operation
Rescue West, "There are many examples where taking the life i
n defense of innocent human beings is legally justified and
permissible under the law. Paul Hill should have been given the opportunity to defend himself with the defense of his
choosing in a court of law. Because he was denied this right, the full truth a
nd motivations behind Hill's actions were kept
hidden from the jury. If Paul Hill's life can be taken by the state without the full advantage of the protections afforded hi
m by
due process simply because of the unpopularity of his views, then we have to wo
nder who is next? No one is safe from being
denied a defense by an out
-
of
-
control and biased judicial system. Execution under these circumstances is nothing less than
murder of a political prisoner." [Operation Rescue West Press Release,
9/3/03
]
Newman's Operation Rescue West Said Paul Jennings Hill's Murder Of A Doctor Who Provided Abortions Was
"Necessary To Save The Lives Of The Pre
-
Born Babies That Were Scheduled To Be K
illed By Abortion That
Day."
According to a press release from Operation Rescue West, "Paul Jennings Hill is scheduled to die by lethal injection
today in the state of Florida for the murder of a Pensacola abortionist and his security guard in 1994. The fo
llowing is a joint
statement released by Operation Rescue West and the California Life Coalition regarding today's execution: 'Today's
scheduled execution of Paul Hill is not justice, but is another example of the judicial tyranny that is gripping our nati
on. A
Florida judge denied Rev. Hill his right to present a defense that claimed that the killing of the abortionist was necessary
to
save the lives of the pre
-
born babies that were scheduled to be killed by abortion that day. Our system of justice is base
d upon
'innocent until proven guilty,' but in Rev. Hill's case, there was no justice because the court prevented him from presenting
the
legal defense that his conduct was justifiable defensive action.'" [Operation Rescue West Press Release,
9/3/03
]
Operation Rescue West Press Release: Paul Jennings Hill's Murder Of A Doctor Who Provided Abortions Was A
"Justifiable Defensive Action."
According to a press release from Operat
ion Rescue West, "Paul Jennings Hill is scheduled
to die by lethal injection today in the state of Florida for the murder of a Pensacola abortionist and his security guard in
1994.
The following is a joint statement released by Operation Rescue West and th
e California Life Coalition regarding today's
execution: 'Today's scheduled execution of Paul Hill is not justice, but is another example of the judicial tyranny that is
gripping our nation. A Florida judge denied Rev. Hill his right to present a defense t
hat claimed that the killing of the
abortionist was necessary to save the lives of the pre
-
born babies that were scheduled to be killed by abortion that day. Our
system of justice is based upon 'innocent until proven guilty,' but in Rev. Hill's case, there
was no justice because the court
prevented him from presenting the legal defense that his conduct was justifiable defensive action.'" [Operation Rescue West
Press Release,
9
/3/03
]
Newman Said Of Hill That He Did "Not Endorse His Form Of Protest And... Certainly, 100 Percent Do Not Want
To See His Actions Repeated" But Said He Didn't Receive A Fair Trial Because He "Was Unable To Delve Into
His Antiabortion Sentiments."
Accord
ing to the St. Petersburg Times, "'I do not want to see Rev. Hill as a martyr and as an
example for other prolife volunteers,' said Troy Newman, a San Diego, Calif. antiabortion activist and head of Operation
Rescue West. 'Because I do not endorse his form
of protest and I certainly, 100 percent do not want to see his actions
repeated.' Newman and Joe Scheidler, national director of the Pro
-
Life Action League, as well as Catholic Conference
representatives and death penalty opponents, want Gov. Jeb Bush to
stop Hill's execution. They had different reasons.
Newman and Scheidler, for example, didn't think Hill got a fair trial because he was unable to delve into his antiabortion
sentiments while defending himself for killing Britton, 69, and Barrett, 74, and i
njuring Barrett's wife, June. Hill acted as his
own attorney and has always said he wants to die for the cause." [St. Petersburg Times, 8/26/03]
Through Protests And Stalking, Newman Wanted To Make Womens' Health Care Workers Lives
"Uncomfortable" And "I
nhospitable"
Newman Went "Through Clinic Workers' Trash To Figure Out Where They Do Business" And Trailed "Them At A
Distance To Learn Their Routines."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "Bent on more aggressive confrontation, Troy
Newman, president of
the antiabortion group Operation Rescue West, moved his family here from Southern California two
years ago. He then persuaded half a dozen like
-
minded friends to join him. [...]Newman will pick through clinic workers' trash
to figure out where they do busine
ss; he'll trail them at a distance to learn their routines." [Los Angeles Times,
2/17/04
]
Newman's "Goal Is Not Just To Make" Clinic Workers' "Lives Uncomfortable. He
Wants To Unsettle And Disgust
Their Friends And Associates."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "His [Troy Newman's] goal is not just to make their
lives uncomfortable. He wants to unsettle and disgust their friends and associates, so their hairstylists
and their pharmacists,
even their neighbors, make it clear they're not welcome in Wichita." [Los Angeles Times,
2/17/04
]
Newman's Goal Was To Create "An Atmosphere
So Inhospitable That No Nurse Or Doctor Or Secretary Can Bear
It."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "He [Troy Newman] wants the abortions to stop, first in Wichita, then in cities
across America. He insists it can happen if he creates an atmosphere so i
ntolerant that no nurse or doctor or secretary can bear
it." [Los Angeles Times,
2/17/04
]
Asked If Their Protests "Could Provoke Extremist Wrath," A Member Of Newman
's Staff "Fell Silent" Then Said
"It Is Very Inflammatory."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "Asked if the protests could provoke extremist wrath,
Michele Herzog, an Operation Rescue West staff member, fell silent. 'It is very inflammatory,' she said."
[Los Angeles
Times,
2/17/04
]
Newman Has Long Had An Agenda To Target Womens' Health Workers Through Electronic Media
Operation Rescue Said Troy Newman Came Up With
A Plan To "Document The Abuses" Of Abortion Clinics,
"Expose Them To The Public, And Report Them To The Proper Authorities."
According to a post on Operation
Rescue, "Over the years, it became obvious that there were few, if any abortion clinics that did
not break the law. Newman
knew that if he could document the abuses, expose them to the public, and report them to the proper authorities, it would be
the abortionists that would be soon sitting behind bars. Newman was among the first to recognize the powe
r of electronic
media to reach millions of people with information that before was not possible." [Operationrescue.org, accessed
7/15/15
]
LIVE ACTION
& LILA ROSE
Founding
Live Action "Was Legally Formed As A Non
-
Partisan, Non
-
Profit Organization" In 2008.
According to Live Action's
about page, "Lila Rose
founded Live Action when she was fifteen years old." [Liveaction.org/about, Accessed
7/15/15
]
Operations
DESIGN
Disclosure Of Undercover Tapes
Planet Parenthood Official In 2009: Lila Rose Refused To Show Planned Parenthood Unedited Tapes.
According to
the Los Angeles Times, "Laurie Rubin
er, vice president for public policy and advocacy for Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, said it is a violation of the organization's policy to tell a young woman to lie about the age of a father. The well
-
being
of patients, she said, is paramount.
'And that means making sure that we are complying with minor
-
abuse reporting
requirements.' [Lila] Rose, she added, has refused to show Planned Parenthood her unedited tapes, so 'it's very difficult for
us
to know what happened.'" [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
?
Rose Responded That The Unedited Version Of The Tapes Were On Her Website And Were Sent To State
Authorities Such As The Attorney General.
According to the Los Angeles Times, "Rose said the full, 48
-
minute video
of her encounter in Indianapolis is available at her website. [...]'I should also note that every time we release footage from
a new clinic,' said Rose in an e
-
mail, 'we send complete c
opies of the footage to various state authorities, including the
attorney general.'' [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
"New Media Organization"
Live Action Was A "New Media Movement Dedicated
To Building A Culture Of Life And Ending Abortion."
According to Live Action's about page, "In 2008, Live Action was legally formed as a non
-
partisan, non
-
profit organization.
The group is a new media movement dedicated to building a culture of life and e
nding abortion, the greatest human rights
injustice of our time. Live Action uses powerful and dynamic media platforms to educate the public about the humanity of the
preborn and investigative journalism to expose the threats against the vulnerable and def
enseless [
sic
]" [Liveaction.org/about,
Accessed
7/15/15
]
?
Live Action Utilized "Undercover Investigations" To Generate Content.
According to Live Action's about page,
"Utilizing undercover investigations, Live
Action has documented rampant
sexual abuse cover
-
up,racism,
medical
misinformation, the willingness to
assist sex traffickers,
false statements
made by Planned Parenthood executives,
sex
-
selective abortion, and
infanticide.
Live Action's exposés publicize
these abuses, so the whole world can see the horrors
going on right in our backyards
-
and paid for with our tax money." [Liveaction.org/about, Accessed
7/15/15
]
?
Live Action Focused On Educating Youth About
"The Evils Of The Abortion Industry."
According to Live
Action's about page, "Live Action also focuses on educating youth across the country with
in
-
depth education programs
to spread the truth about human dignity, equal protection for all people, and the
evils of the abortion industry."
[Liveaction.org/about, Accessed
7/15/15
]
?
Live Action Ran A Pro
-
Life News And Social Media Platform Under The Name "Live Action News."
According
to Live Action's about page, "L
ive Action hosts
Live Action News, a widely read pro
-
life news site, and oversees the
largest pro
-
life social media platform on the web, including over 700,000
Facebook
fans and over
40,000
followers
on
Twitter." [Liveaction.org/about, Accessed
7/15/15
]
Lila Rose
FOUNDING PRESIDENT O
F LIVE ACTION
Lila Rose Founded Live Action At The Age Of 15.
According to Live Action's about page, "Lila Rose
founded Live
Action when she was fifteen years old." [Liveaction.o
rg/about, Accessed
7/15/15
]
?
Rose, As President Of Live Action, Oversaw The Group's Undercover Investigations.
According to Lila Rose's
biography page on Live Action's website, "As Live Action's president, Lila leads undercover investigations into America's
most notorious abortion facilities, shining a light on the greatest human rights abuse of our time through na
tional media
campaigns.
Under Lila's direction, Live Action has documented
rampant
sexual abuse cover
-
up,
racism,
medical
misinformation, the willingness to
assist sex traffickers,
false statements
made by Planned Parenthood executives,
sex
-
selective abort
ion, and
infanticide." [Liveaction.org/lilarose, Accessed
7/15/15
]
ACTIVITES PRIOR TO L
IVE ACTION'S LEGAL F
OUNDING
2007: Accusation of Violating State Privacy Laws
2007: Planned Parenthood Of Los Angeles Accused Lila Rose Of Breaking State Privacy Laws With Her
Surreptitious Recordings.
According to the Los Angeles Times, "In May 2007, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles accused
Rose of breaking state privacy laws when
she secretly taped her interactions. It demanded she remove the videos from her
website, which she did, though they are still easily found on YouTube." [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
?
Rose
Responded To The Accusation By Moving To States With Less Restrictive Privacy Laws.
According to the
Los Angeles Times, "In May 2007, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles accused Rose of breaking state privacy laws when
she secretly taped her interactions. It
demanded she remove the videos from her website, which she did, though they are
still easily found on YouTube.(Arizona, Indiana and Tennessee, where she went next, have less restrictive privacy laws.)"
[LA Times,
4/26/09
]
?
LA Times: Rose Considered The Accusation A "Badge Of Honor."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "For
Rose, the threat was a badge of honor: 'They are on the lookout for me,' she told an audience of conservative
Christian
activists at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit in Washington in September. 'When I walk into Planned
Parenthoods across the country, I am flattered to see my picture on the wall. It is because to Planned Parenthood, I am
--
quote
--
a 'known anti
-
choice extremist.' This is one of the better compliments I have received.'" [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
Undercover "Stings"
Lila Rose Began Orchestrating Undercover "S
tings" At Planned Parenthood Clinics In 2006 By Posing As A Young
Teen Who Had Been Impregnated By An Older Man.
According to the Los Angeles Times, "She is Lila Rose, a 20
-
year
-
old UCLA history major with a little voice and a bold plan to expose what she
and many abortion foes see as Planned
Parenthood's wrongdoings. Since 2006, Rose has orchestrated undercover "stings" at Planned Parenthood clinics in Los
Angeles, Indianapolis, Bloomington, Tucson, Phoenix and Memphis. Surreptitiously videotaping their in
teractions, she and a
friend have posed as abortion
-
seeking teens impregnated by older men. The videos
--
boiled down to five minutes, with
portentous music and fast cuts to heighten the drama
--
are posted on Rose's website, LiveAction.org, and YouTube."
[LA
Times,
4/26/09
]
?
Rose's Strategy Was To Accuse Planned Parenthood Of Failing To Report Suspected Statutory Rapes.
According
to the Los Angeles Times, "Rose's strategy
--
accus
ing Planned Parenthood of failing to report suspected statutory rapes
--
is not a new one in the antiabortion trenches. But the new
-
media twist on the idea has put her front and center of a new
generation." [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
LA Times: "Rose's Goal Is To Undermine Legal Abortion By Showing That Planned Parenthood, The Largest
Provider Of Abortions In The Country, Abets Sexual Exploitation By Counseling Pregnant Minors To Lie Abou
t
The Ages Of Their Adult Boyfriends."
According to the Los Angeles Times, "Rose's goal is to undermine legal abortion by
showing that Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country, abets sexual exploitation by counseling
pregnant mi
nors to lie about the ages of their adult boyfriends." [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
Work With James O'Keefe
Lila Rose Worked With James O'Keefe In The Fall Of 2006.
According to the Los
Angeles Times, "In fall 2006, when she
was a UCLA freshman, she and fellow conservative activist James O'Keefe came up with the idea to infiltrate clinics. [Lila]
Rose, by e
-
mail, and O'Keefe, in a phone interview, said they were inspired by the work of Ma
rk Crutcher, a Texas
antiabortion activist who in 2002 taped fake calls to hundreds of Planned Parenthood clinics around the country featuring
women posing as pregnant minors. [...] Rose and O'Keefe visited their first clinic
--
UCLA's Arthur Ashe Student He
alth and
Wellness Center
--
in 2006. They videotaped an employee telling them 'some pretty bad things,' said O'Keefe, including that
the fetus is a collection of cells. 'That's what set us in motion.'" [LA Times,
4/26/09
]
IDEOLOGY
Inspired by Dr. Willke
Lila Grace Said That Dr. Willke Was An Inspiration To Her Since The Age Of 9.
According to a post from Lila Grace's
Twitter account, "So grieved by the passing of Dr. Willke, father of modern pro
-
life movement. Since I was 9, his work has
inspired me. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/414213/dr
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jack
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willke
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rip
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michael
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j
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new
..."
[T
witter.com/lilagracerose,
2/23/15
]
Dr. Willke Believed That A Woman's Body Could Avoid Pregnancy In Cases Of Rape Due To The "Emotional
Trauma" She Experienced.
According to the W
ashington Post, "Dr. Willke was most roundly criticized for his stance on
pregnancy resulting from rape. 'There's no greater emotional trauma that can be experienced by a woman than an assault rape,'
he wrote in a 1999 article. 'This can radically upset he
r possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantation and even nurturing of
a pregnancy.' The position was subjected to wide scrutiny in 2012, when Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri
then running for the U.S. Senate, was asked in an interv
iew to explain his opposition to abortion, including in instances of
rape." [Washington Post,
2/23/15
]
?
Todd
Akin
Lost His 2012 Senate Bid After Making Comments That Reflected Willke's View.
According to NBC
News, "Other doctors and abortion rights advocates have accused Willke of ignoring facts and science
-
particularly in
hi
s view on rape and pregnancy. U.S. Rep.
Todd Aiken
[
sic
]
of Missouri, a Republican, lost his 2012 Senate bid after
making comments reflecting Willke's view. Willke wrote in 1999 that the trauma a woman suffers in a rape 'can radically
upset her possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantation and even nurt
uring of a pregnancy.'" [NBC News,
2/21/15
]
Denies That Victims Of Rape Should Have The Right To An Abortion
Lila Rose: "The Rapist Sh
ould Be Held To The Fullest Extent Of The Law, Liable For That, Culpable For That
...
But An Abortion Doesn't Unrape A Woman. An Abortion Just Adds More Violence On Top Of That First She
Endured."
According to Raw Story, "An anti
-
abortion activist seemed to s
uggest in a CNN Crossfire discussion on
Wednesday that women who become pregnant because of a rape should be forced to carry those pregnancies to term. 'When a
woman is raped, that's a horrible injustice against her,' Live Action president Lila Rose told c
o
-
host Sally Kohn. 'The rapist
should be held to the fullest extent of the law, liable for that, culpable for that. The woman needs healing and the support
of
her community. But an abortion doesn't unrape a woman. An abortion just adds more violence on top
of that first she
endured.'" [Raw Story,
1/22/14
]
Opposition to Birth Control
Lila Rose Opposed "Artificial" Birth Control And Called It
"Deeply Insulting."
According to an opinion piece by Lila
Rose in Politico, "But women are not a monolith. And there is a growing group of passionate young women who are
transforming what it means to be a woman. Allow me to introduce them to you. We are wo
men who reject both the anti
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male
feminism of the 1960s and the 'girls gone wild' mentality that's pervasive today. We are women for whom the idea of artificia
l
birth control as 'preventive care' is deeply insulting. We are women who view the intentional k
illing of children not as a
constitutional right, a matter of privacy or a necessary evil but, rather, as profoundly anti
-
woman and the antithesis of love."
[Lila Rose
-
Politico,
4/2/12
]
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Lila Rose: "We Are Women Who Believe That Something Precious Is Lost When Fertility Is Intentionally
Excluded From Marriage, A Sacred Bond And A Total Giving Of Each Spouse To The Other."
According to an
opinion piece by Lila Rose in Politico, "We are w
omen whose lives contradict the idea of an inevitable clash between
religious liberty and women's health. We are women who believe that something precious is lost when fertility is
intentionally excluded from marriage, a sacred bond and a total giving of e
ach spouse to the other." [Lila Rose
-
Politico,
4/2/12
]
Lila Rose: "We Have Noticed That The Rise In The Availability And Use Of Cheap Birth Control Coincided With
Increases In The Rate
s Of Sex Addiction, Divorce, Unmarried Childbearing And Abortion."
According to an opinion
piece by Lila Rose in Politico, "We are women who believe that sex and pregnancy aren't just health issues; they are also
inextricably linked with family, morals, fa
ith and values. And we are women who love everything about being a woman,
including being mothers. We have noticed that the rise in the availability and use of cheap birth control coincided with
increases in the rates of sex addiction, divorce, unmarried c
hildbearing and abortion." [Lila Rose
-
Politico,
4/2/12
]
Lila Rose: "We Have Also Noticed That While Contraceptives And Legal Abortion Promised To Eliminate The
Exploitative Attitude Of
Men Toward Women, They Have Had The Opposite Effect."
According to an opinion piece
by Lila Rose in Politico, "We have also noticed that while contraceptives and legal abortion promised to eliminate the
exploitative attitude of men toward women, they have
had the opposite effect." [Lila Rose
-
Politico,
4/2/1
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