Posted on 08/20/2015 5:36:29 AM PDT by Morgana
Since the release of the first incriminating Planned Parenthood video from the Center for Medical Progress, a flurry of investigations have ensued. These videos at least show evidence indicating a strong likelihood of illegal activity, and at worst show despicable, callous disregard for the law, human life, and women. Here are the ongoing official investigations and government actions taken against Planned Parenthood.
As of Wednesday, five states have made moves to defund Planned Parenthood, or end participation in the funneling of federal money to the unscrupulous organization. These states are New Hampshire, Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. Thirteen states have launched investigations into Planned Parenthood, including Florida; this investigation caught Planned Parenthood illegally performing second trimester abortions. South Carolina also announced a probe into state abortion facilities.
As states continue to launch investigations and take appropriate action, the federal government remains largely divided on the issue. A Senate effort to defund Planned Parenthood was blocked earlier this month, although a majority of senators voted in favor of ending forced taxpayer funding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency, has threatened several states that their “plans to terminate Medicaid provider agreements with Planned Parenthood may illegally restrict beneficiary access to services.”
On the other hand, a handful of congressional committees have announced probes into the abortion corporation. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has begun to investigate whether the Obama administration provided any federal grants to Planned Parenthood that were ultimately used in relation to the illegal sale of aborted baby body parts. The Department of Justice has also committed to review the videos and investigate. Meanwhile, in a predictable display of indifference, the White House seems unwilling to even watch the videos.
The issue will likely come to intense conflict in Congress this fall, as lawmakers attempt to move forward with plans for the new fiscal year, which begins October 1st. Regardless of how state and federal bickering and political jockeying play out, attention is being called to the unethical and illegal practices of Planned Parenthood, and the American people are watching.
Attempts to discredit the Center for Medical Progress lack the coherence and facts needed to convince honest and open-minded citizens that a full and unbiased investigation into Planned Parenthood is not needed. Some writers have even tried to draw attention to the “illegal” nature of states’ actions to defund Planned Parenthood – a laughably silly notion, considering the grave nature of the truly illegal and disturbing actions taken by Planned Parenthood, which led to the states’ decision to defund. Needless to say, that tactic is called a smokescreen – and it rarely works.
In the words of California attorney Kristi Burton Brown,
“With such a situation, rife with illegalities, continuing to brew, it is little wonder that a number of states are choosing to defund Planned Parenthood or distance themselves from the abortion giant in other legal ways. If Planned Parenthood affiliates want to stand together – despite laws being broken, women being harmed, and babies being killed and sold for profit – they will likely fall together, under the law, as well.”
Tell the FEDS to go eff themselves!
“Tell the FEDS to go eff themselves! “
Well there in lies a problem. Have you seen the Ashley Madison Hack list? They probably were!!!
Funny.......that War On Women.
Sponsored by Hillary Clinton and her ilk.
Awesome!
Incidentally, this is a step forward for the nullification movement.
The Feds are *technically* correct in their assertion that when a state denies Medicaid funding to Parts Procurement, they are going against federal law.
But if states go ahead and do it anywise, they’re effectively *nullifying* federal law. What are the feds going to do, send in the 82nd airborne to arrest state legislators and governors that refuse to fund PP? Don’t think so. If that extreme case ever were to happen, I’d imagine the backlash would be pretty severe and immediate.
The only recourse the Feds would have would be to cut off the Medicaid funds in toto. Which shrinks government and loosens the FedGov’s grip on these states through the “money strings,” which means it’s a win-win for us, and a catch-22 for the FedGov.
I’m pleasantly surprised NH is in there.
I think the term, “war on babies,” is more appropriate.
"As of Wednesday, five states have made moves to defund Planned Parenthood, or end participation in the funneling of federal money to the unscrupulous organization. These states are New Hampshire, Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. Thirteen states have launched investigations into Planned Parenthood, including Florida; this investigation caught Planned Parenthood illegally performing second trimester abortions. South Carolina also announced a probe into state abortion facilities." -from the article"In my view there is an easy, universal barometer we can use to evaluate all cultures: how do they treat their most vulnerable members...those whom Jesus so aptly referred to as 'the least of these'? I would go so far as to say that a society that does not...defend the defenseless, [protect] all human life, is really not a civilized society after all. As for all my pro-choice friends out there, we can agree to disagree...and keep on arguing (until I win)." -Bobby Jindal, from Leadership and Crisis
But...but....An Obama mouthpiece said states can’t do that.
Good on the 18 that are acting and taking this seriously.
Why haven’t all 57 states looked into it??
And if successful could snowball into telling the Fed where to stick in other programs, particularly Education.
Or chAnge it to war on blacks. We all know-how much they feel that black lives matter /s
PP is saying that that girl in all the videos never worked for them. My co-worker says this is all edited and a hoax. Is there proof that this girl in all the videos worked for PP?
EXACTLY.
The single biggest problem for nullification is its perceived lack of legitimacy, which is the result of better than a century of publik skool misinformation on the subject. "Everybody knows that federal law always overrules state law! The Constitution says so!!!!"
Nope. There's that little line in the supremacy clause about this being the case ONLY when federal laws are made pursuant to the Constitution. If they aren't, then they have no force, and states can nullify and ignore them. The Federalist papers said so. Jefferson and Madison said so in the KY and VA Resolutions. Nullification is *clearly* what these founders intended when it came to unconstitutional federal laws.
If conservatives and so-called "constitutionalists" can break themselves of the ridiculous notion that "federal law always overrules state laws!" then we'll be a long way toward reclaiming our constitutional system of government.
Will Soetoro use federal troops or assassins to prohibit these states from defunding Planned Parenthood?
Sounds good.
WILL THEY REALLY BE ABLE TO SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG?
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