Freshmen congressmen hold press conference calling for investigation of Planned Parenthood
Today two Freshmen Republican congresspersons were joined by several of their veteran colleagues and Dr. Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life at a press conference calling for a congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood in light of AUL’s recently released report documenting decades of malfeasance by the abortion giant.
Supporting Reps. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL) (both pictured right) in the presser were Reps. Diane Black (R-TN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), and Chris Smith (R-NJ).
Prior to the news conference Ellmers wrote a letter to House members itemizing some of the charges against PP:
Among other offenses, the AUL Report outlines Planned Parenthood’s record of overbilling government health care programs, failing to report the sexual abuse of minor girls, violating state parental involvement laws, and opposing legislation introduced to protect women and young girls.
Yoest noted at the briefing that “as the government funding of Planned Parenthood has doubled since 1998, the number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood has also doubled.”
[Pictured above at the press conference, L to R: Reps. Chabot, Black (a former nurse), Ellmers (at the podium), Fleming, and Schmidt; click to enlarge.]
Yoest also noted discrepancies in the amount of taxpayer funding Planned Parenthood has actually received:
According to last year’s Government Accounting Office audit of Planned Parenthood, in the six years between 2002 and 2008, the abortion giant spent $657.1 million of taxpayer money, she said. “However, AUL’s legal team has documented that Planned Parenthood’s own annual reports from that same time period show over $2 billion in unspecified “government grants and contracts.” That’s a remarkable discrepancy. $657 million . . . or $2 billion. Which is it? And what was the money used for?
During this same time period, Planned Parenthood performed over 2 million abortions. The American taxpayer deserves an accounting from Planned Parenthood for its use of scarce tax resources, and they deserve to know just how much money is really flowing into the abortion industry.
Read Yoest’s complete statement here.
Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has expressed interest in holding a hearing following AUL’s release of its report but has not committed.
PP weakly attempted to rebut a few elements of AUL’s report, to which AUL immediately responded.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Good. Keep holding their feet to the fire.
Or is that “feets to the fire”, as Obama said? He’s so much brighter than Bush, Palin, and Bachmann that he couldn’t be wrong, could he? :)
Thank you, AUL, for providing more ammo for our efforts against Planned Parenthood. OOPs, excuse me; that does sound violent. I meant, facts for our efforts against Planned Parenthood. What surprises me is that occasionally I run into people who are not interested in hearing the truth about Planned Parenthood. Peace.
We all scramble our grammar, spelling etc. at times Hans. Some more than others, much more.
Given the absolutely ludicrous statements that Palin and Bachmann come out with it’s pretty obvious that obama is much brighter.
Anyone who tolerates abortion is at best a shallow thinker.
That’s deep Hans :-)
Barb, AUL’s document is a one-sided submission intended to attempt to bring about a congressional investigation. It does not contain ‘charges’, it contains allegations.
“as the government funding of Planned Parenthood has doubled since 1998, the number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood has also doubled.” – or was it that the funding doubled because the number of abortions doubled. You know, supply and demand.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58937_Page2.html#ixzz1S5KN5rQa
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This just in from Gallup Poll:
“Republican Candidate” Extends Lead vs. Obama to 47% to 39%
Margin marks first statistically significant lead among registered voters
http://www.gallup.com/poll/148487/Republican-Candidate-Extends-Lead-Obama.aspx
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters by a significant margin now say they are more likely to vote for the “Republican Party’s candidate for president” than for President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, 47% to 39%.
“However, AUL’s legal team has documented that Planned Parenthood’s own annual reports from that same time period show over $2 billion in unspecified “government grants and contracts.” That’s a remarkable discrepancy. $657 million . . . or $2 billion. Which is it?”
Probably both.
Good for these congressmen. On with the investigation…I would love to see Cecile Richards try to explain that.
no abortions. no government handouts to those unwanted kids.
when anti-abortionists have several inner-city foster kids at home, they’ve got credibility.
“Among other offenses, the AUL Report outlines Planned Parenthood’s record of overbilling government health care programs, failing to report the sexual abuse of minor girls, violating state parental involvement laws, and opposing legislation introduced to protect women and young girls.”
First overbilling… it outlines allegations but shows no evidence to collude their claims…
Reporting minor abuse… there are no documented cases of this just some fake “sting” videos of girls who are way over 18 years old. Also mandatory reporting is not requires in all states and it is PP job to provide services to the client walking in the door not their sub-standard parents who have no idea what their children are up to… Stop blaming PP for bad parenting…
“and opposing legislation”… Is this a crime? What in the world is wrong with opposing legislation?!?!?!? How is this a “Charge” lol
Grasping at straws huh? This investigation will never happen because it is so obvious that they are just trying to demonize PP because they disagree with abortion. Their statement is full of false allegations and even a couple allegations of non-crimes…
Better luck next time…
“Reporting minor abuse… there are no documented cases of this just some fake “sting” videos of girls who are way over 18 years old. Also mandatory reporting is not requires in all states and it is PP job to provide services to the client walking in the door not their sub-standard parents who have no idea what their children are up to… Stop blaming PP for bad parenting…”
The girls in the sting videos were not claiming to be underage. (btw a girl is someone younger than 18.) They claimed to be using underage girls in a prositution ring, and PP offered to help them evade the law. The clinics that were the subjects of the stings were in states that have mandatory reporting laws.
Planned Parenthood is doing its best to keep parents in the dark. It can be hard for even good parents to know what their children are doing if an international organization is covering for them.
Reality: That’s deep Hans.
Just keepin’ it real. :)
thomaspaine,
I’ve work in direct care with individuals with mental, developmental, and behavioral challenges and Carla used to work in this field as well. Phillymiss is a clinical social worker. What about pro-lifers who do have foster children or have adopted (I believe we do have a couple of regular posters here who have). But even those we’re doing these things, how does this address the humanity of the unborn or make abortion less morally wrong?
Biggz says:
Reporting minor abuse… there are no documented cases of this just some fake “sting” videos
http://www.lldf.org/pdf/PP.Faribanks.COMPLAINTfiled050907.pdf
http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-ohio-2973.pdf
http://liveaction.org/blog/pp-covers-up-child-rape-kline-testifies-to-164-real-life-cases/