Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, testified before a House Oversight Committee this morning. NYT:
In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the president, Cecile Richards, faced off against conservative lawmakers who are seeking to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood after videos released by anti-abortion activists purported to show officials from the health group trying to sell fetal tissue. It was her first appearance before Congress since the issue exploded in July. Ms. Richards said the videos were edited by the activists to mislead, and she insisted that Planned Parenthood sells only a small amount of fetal tissue and recoups only reasonable expenses as allowed by the law.
The appearance by Ms. Richards before the House committee underscored a broader fight between the parties over Planned Parenthood as the clock ticks on a government shutdown that will begin on Thursday if a stopgap spending bill cannot be passed. While the funding fight is ostensibly about abortion and fetal tissue, the subtext is politics: Republicans perceive Planned Parenthood as a well-oiled, well-funded machine promoting Democratic candidates.
In the video above, Richards hands Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah his ass when he shows her a bogus chart. Enjoy—and donate.
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Does think he can walk up and get an MRI while his doctor’s sticking his fingers up his ass too? Has he like, ever been to a doctor?
^ “Children of women who get abortions would be raised…”
Uhhh, ok.
^
‘otherwise’ be
It’s ironic how the pro-deathers hate the death penalty, and that the anti-choicers support it.
…can’t believe we’re going to shut down over this shit.
Big Ten Inch,
Equating Pro-Choice to “Pro-Death” is absolutely intellectually dishonest. Your ignorance knows no bounds.
Furthermore, if you really believe that the majority of Pro-Choice supporters also support the death penalty, you’re even bigger moron than I’ve given you credit for.
Time to start rethinking your life dude.
The pro-life Fascist Neo-cons tend to support the death penalty, and the Communist pro-abortionists are predominately against putting murderers to death.