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House Democrats Call Out Republicans for Jumping to Conclusions on Planned Parenthood
Source: Newsweek
HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALL OUT REPUBLICANS FOR JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD
BY MICHELE GORMAN ON 1/27/16 AT 2:51 PM
After a Texas grand jury this week rejected criminal allegations against Planned Parenthood related to a series of controversial undercover videos released last year, House Democrats are accusing their Republican colleagues of being “all too eager to jump to conclusions at the risk of women’s health.”
Since the anniversary of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade this past Friday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has released statements to more than a dozen House Republicans, highlighting some of their votes to defund Planned Parenthood. The efforts, which at the end of last year threatened to shut down the federal government, have since failed.
Planned Parenthood has long been controversial among politicians. But it became even more of a hot-button issue on the campaign trail beginning this past July when the California-based Center for Medical Progress released a series of secretly recorded videos that accused the health organization of illegally selling organs and tissue from abortions for medical research. The footage prompted federal investigations and calls from a dozen states to defund Planned Parenthood, one of the leading women’s health care providers in the country.
Planned Parenthood has rejected the claims and videos, saying it donates the tissue legally for scientific research.
Then, on Monday, a grand jury in Houston that was investigating the accusations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood instead indicted two anti-abortion activists involved in making the undercover videos. David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, and Sandra Merritt are accused of tampering with a governmental record, which is a second-degree felony in Texas that carries a sentence of two to 20 years in jail and a maximum fine of $10,000. Daleiden also is charged with a misdemeanor related to purchasing human organs. He maintains his innocence.
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BY MICHELE GORMAN ON 1/27/16 AT 2:51 PM
After a Texas grand jury this week rejected criminal allegations against Planned Parenthood related to a series of controversial undercover videos released last year, House Democrats are accusing their Republican colleagues of being “all too eager to jump to conclusions at the risk of women’s health.”
Since the anniversary of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade this past Friday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has released statements to more than a dozen House Republicans, highlighting some of their votes to defund Planned Parenthood. The efforts, which at the end of last year threatened to shut down the federal government, have since failed.
Planned Parenthood has long been controversial among politicians. But it became even more of a hot-button issue on the campaign trail beginning this past July when the California-based Center for Medical Progress released a series of secretly recorded videos that accused the health organization of illegally selling organs and tissue from abortions for medical research. The footage prompted federal investigations and calls from a dozen states to defund Planned Parenthood, one of the leading women’s health care providers in the country.
Planned Parenthood has rejected the claims and videos, saying it donates the tissue legally for scientific research.
Then, on Monday, a grand jury in Houston that was investigating the accusations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood instead indicted two anti-abortion activists involved in making the undercover videos. David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, and Sandra Merritt are accused of tampering with a governmental record, which is a second-degree felony in Texas that carries a sentence of two to 20 years in jail and a maximum fine of $10,000. Daleiden also is charged with a misdemeanor related to purchasing human organs. He maintains his innocence.
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Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/house-democrats-accuse-republicans-planned-parenthood-420301
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