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Katie Couric Complains Pro-Lifers Make It “Harder Than Ever” to Work at Planned Parenthood
Life News ^ | 11/13/15 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:54 PM PST by markomalley

Liberal, pro-abortion journalist Katie Couric on Tuesday interviewed the President of Planned Parenthood and worried about how “tough” pro-life supporters were making things for the organization. Couric snidely noted, “While Planned Parenthood says that abortions account for just three percent of its clinical work, opponents won’t be happy until that number is zero.”

(Couric did not point out that the organization makes hundreds of millions from abortions.) Talking to President Cecile Richards, the journalist, who now interviews people for Yahoo, fretted, “The videos inflamed already passionate critics, making it harder than ever for the organization to do its job. How tough is it to find clinicians who are willing to work at Planned Parenthood clinics and what kinds of challenges do they face?”

Speaking of scandal related to undercover videos, Couric gently questioned:

KATIE COURIC: Planned Parenthood has always had its opponents, but the videos created outrage in the anti-abortion community and galvanized conservative members of Congress. The result? The real possibility of cutting taxpayer dollars that go to Planned Parenthood. Eliminating 41 percent of its 1.3 billion annual budget. What would defunding Planned Parenthood have done to this organization?

The journalist should be commended for at least asking a few tough questions. She referred to Planned Parenthood as “controversial” and pressed about the hidden footage: “Did they, even if they were edited in your view, expose a side of Planned Parenthood that needed exposing?”

(video at link)

But, overall, the interview tilted towards sympathy for Richards. That shouldn’t be surprising as Couric in 2008 won an award from the pro-abortion National Organization for Women. Life News recounted how Couric’s pro-abortion lobbying accidentally was exposed on television:

The CBS News anchor had been able to keep her abortion advocacy a secret until actress Whoopi Goldberg accidentally exposed her in a September 1997 interview.

Goldberg embarrassed Couric by mentioning the then-NBC host’s participation in a pro-abortion march.

During the interview, Couric asked about Goldberg’s book and why she would write on the topic of “choice” – meaning abortion.

“Well because, you know, when you get out there and you march, because we’ve marched together,” Goldberg said.

Couric, feigning ignorance, and retorted, “Nooo. I’m not allowed to do that.”

Goldberg, playing along, with tongue firmly implanted in cheek as she stared upward, “Oh, no that’s right. We have not marched together. It was somebody that looked like you.”



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; plannedbutcherhood
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1 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:54 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

I think that is sort of the point...


2 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:31 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Tony Schwartz and Meredith McIver, a couple of dam* fine authors...)
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To: markomalley

And the police make life so much more difficult for murderers.


3 posted on 11/13/2015 5:34:16 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Illegal journalists driving down press wages would be reported as an economic calamity. ~ Cruz)
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To: markomalley
Tearing babies apart isn't supposed to be easy.
4 posted on 11/13/2015 5:36:17 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: markomalley

I have no sympathy for anyone who decides to work in an abortuary. They deserve all the stigma they experience.

People who want to work in the medical profession have many, many options that do not involve the murder of innocent babies.


5 posted on 11/13/2015 5:36:26 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: markomalley
"Katie Couric Complains Pro-Lifers Make It “Harder Than Ever” to Work at Planned Parenthood..."

..... Well Katie ..... You should understand that it shouldn't be "Harder than Ever" to work at Planned Parenthood .... It should be damned near "Impossible" to work at Planned Parenthood ... if not ... Illegal!

6 posted on 11/13/2015 5:36:52 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: markomalley

What network is Katie on now?


7 posted on 11/13/2015 5:39:25 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: markomalley

Oh shaddup you idiot


8 posted on 11/13/2015 5:43:57 PM PST by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?FU JK)
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To: markomalley

Man, it’s almost like that’s their intent or something.../s


9 posted on 11/13/2015 5:44:04 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." Abigail Adams)
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To: markomalley

Well Katie, black lives matter unless they are black babies .... seems like you are a racist Katie!!!


10 posted on 11/13/2015 5:47:27 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The stench of the corrupt Obama Admin. will surpass that of FDR & Grant and linger for decades!!)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Planned Parenthood makes it harder than ever for babies to live.


11 posted on 11/13/2015 5:55:42 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: markomalley

As I’ve always suspected... She IS a liberal!


12 posted on 11/13/2015 5:56:46 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: markomalley

O Lord, the perky one is back.


13 posted on 11/13/2015 6:02:26 PM PST by Marathoner (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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To: markomalley

Katie who?


14 posted on 11/13/2015 6:05:09 PM PST by Fireone (TedCruz.org / JasonLewis2016.com)
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To: markomalley
While Planned Parenthood says that abortions account for just three percent of its clinical work, opponents will not be happy until that number is zero.

3% ?

Three percent ??

Abortion is the bread and butter of Planned Parenthood. That is where they make all of their money.

They get money from the women paying for abortions.

They get money from state funding reimbursements.

They get money from federal funding reimbursements.

They get money from the American taxpayer.

They get money from their baby body chop shop partners.

You are damn right we will not be happy until it is completely zero.

15 posted on 11/13/2015 6:07:17 PM PST by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: markomalley

Oh, just steal somebody’s pancreas, skank. You’ll feel all better.


16 posted on 11/13/2015 6:28:09 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: markomalley

That’s the idea, moron.


17 posted on 11/13/2015 6:33:25 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: markomalley

Ms. Couric.... let’s see if there are any changes in the colon?


18 posted on 11/13/2015 6:35:25 PM PST by ptsal
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To: markomalley

Oh gosh Katie, those darned pro-lifers. Don’t they know it’s just better to kill babies in the womb?


19 posted on 11/13/2015 7:05:54 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: markomalley
Couric snidely noted, “While Planned Parenthood says that abortions account for just three percent of its clinical work,

Gee, what percentage of Mayo Clinic procedures are open heart surgery? The strange part of this is that some liberal figured out how to manipulate those pesky number thingies.

20 posted on 11/13/2015 7:13:46 PM PST by Bernard (The road to hell is not paved with good results.)
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