Stephan: I confess to having very strong feelings about Planned Parenthood. Four women I know personally, and cared for a lot, had their lives saved thanks to Planned Parenthood. Only one involved an abortion, and it was absolutely the right thing to do, and the mother never regretted it -- and no, I was not the father. In a country with as poor reproductive health statistics as we have in the U.S., organizations like Planned Parenthood constitute an oasis in a brutal desert.
That this evil farce is being led by a woman, Representative and committee chair, Marsha Blackburn, just makes the whole thing that much more morally slimy. Come on voters in the 7th District Tennessee, you're the only ones who can do it, get rid of this woman. Do I have to mention she is a Republican?
Republican Represesntative Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Credit: RealClearpolitics
When Republicans fall for a lie, boy do they fall hard.
House Republicans have already
admitted that their months long investigation into Planned Parenthood’s use of federal funding turned up nothing. Utah Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Jason Chaffetz admitted last fall that his fruitless crusade against the women’s health organization despised by conservatives turned up
no wrongdoing.
Still, chasing a hoax perpetuated by conservative anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s deceptively edited undercover videos which falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood illegally trafficked in the sale of fetal tissue, House Republicans insisted on creating yet a whole new tax-payer funded committee tasked exclusively with investigating the organization. This, despite the fact that Republican governors in 12 states have ordered investigations into the women’s health organization that have resulted in no charges or findings of wrongdoing. And, of course, a Texas grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing, criminally charging Daleiden instead for tampering with government […]