Posted on 07/29/2015 5:49:05 AM PDT by Gamecock
(Denny Burk is Associate Professor of New Testament and Dean of Boyce College, the undergraduate arm of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.)
The President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards did her cause no favors in her appearance this morning on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” (see above). Stephanopoulos was not a hostile interviewer, yet Richards failed to answer the simplest of questions put to her.
It was clear that she had a set of talking points that she was determined to repeat no matter what Stephanopoulos asked. Instead of actually answering the questions, she kept repeating the talking points ad nauseum. Her talking points were not aimed at answering the issues raised by the videos but at attacking the people who produced the videos. I kid you not. She even accused the makers of the video of murder and terrorism. In her own words:
“The folks behind this, in fact, are part of the most militant wing of the anti-abortion movement that has been behind the bombing of clinics, the murder of doctors in their homes, and in their churches.”
How embarrassing. Instead of offering a substantive defense of her organization, she makes a baseless accusation that speaks more to her panic than to the issues at hand. This is not serious.
She claims that Planned Parenthood doesn’t profit from abortions, but when asked about specific monetary figures she had no answer. She claims that Planned Parenthood doesn’t sell baby parts, but when asked about the money Planned Parenthood takes from buyers she said the exchange isn’t a sale. She claims that Planned Parenthood abortionists do not alter their procedures to harvest baby parts, but when shown the video of Dr. Nucatola talking about doing that very thing, Richards just reminds everyone how bad the makers of the video are.
Richards also claims that the first priority of Planned Parenthood is the health and safety of their patients. But I don’t think the average viewer is buying what she’s selling. If you lead an organization that presides over the deaths of 327,653 children a year (about 900 kills per day), you don’t get to lecture anyone about your scrupulous concern for the health of your patients. We all know better.
Richards’s main contentions are these: that Planned Parenthood has never broken the law and that the producers of the videos are liars. In light of the videos, however, these claims are questionable at best and demonstrably false at worst.
Even after all of her bluster, there are two facts that she does not dispute. Take note:
(1) Planned Parenthood routinely kills babies in utero through procedures that involve “crushing” the baby.
(2) Planned Parenthood harvests the body parts of dead babies and hands them over to researchers in exchange for money.
She doesn’t dispute these two facts because she admits that they are true. She knows what her abortionists are doing. We know what they are doing. And that is the scandal that she cannot conceal with her barrage of euphemisms.
Like I said, Richards did her cause no favors in this interview. It looked and sounded desperate and deceitful. And that is because it was.
Even after all of her bluster, there are two facts that she does not dispute. Take note: (1) Planned Parenthood routinely kills babies in utero through procedures that involve “crushing” the baby. (2) Planned Parenthood harvests the body parts of dead babies and hands them over to researchers in exchange for money.
I know this is just a structure of our language, but calling the butchering of unborn babies a “cause” just makes me ill.
> “The folks behind this, in fact, are part of the most militant wing of the anti-abortion movement that has been behind the bombing of clinics, the murder of doctors in their homes, and in their churches.”
Funny. I haven’t heard about any murdered doctors or abortion clinics that have been bombed. I guess when you got nothing lie, blame others and distract. A true example of a lying liberal.
I guess any “born with a foot in her mouth” reference would be tasteless beyond bounds at this point.
I have an idea that would end planed parent hood make it illegal to charge for abortions... if they are a charitable organization doing all this out of the goodness of there hart why not have all abortion work done by volunteers for free. why do I think that this organization would disappear if there was no revenue stream
The makers of the video were not only responsible for murder and rapine. They also caused the Black Plague in the 14th century and burned Rome about the time of Nero.
Now, let’s hitch a bunch of evil bastard politicians to it so they’ll go down the drain as well.
This whole thing has been laying heavily on my heart The spiritual sickness underpinning our whole culture has been dragged into the light of day We are being given no choice to bury our heads in the sand and are left without excuse Everyone must respond either to confront or defend this spiritual darkness....
We need to be in prayer for our nation like never before
Cecil made over $500,000 last year at a “non-profit” organization. She is making this much money and they have the nerve to use our tax dollars to fund them.
Without looking the answer up, how many tax payer funded abortions did PP perform in 2015? ($500,000 given to PP from our federal gov’t.)
a) 59,867
b) 118,988
c) 233,112
Their line about mammograms is analogous to a child porn ring that also gives free and needed winter coats to children. “YEAH BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD PORN!?”.
That’s one of the major problems with liberals. They question nothing or weigh it to see if there is any truth to to it if an allegation or assertion (usually false) is made that is obviously false as long as it supports their cause. We have a lot of lies being disseminated by the left these days; everything from unemployment figures to healthcare enrollment numbers to how our tax dollars are being spent on illegal immigrants and the amnesty movement. Even their protests are professionally staged, funded by an anti-American who wants to see us fall, and their cause based on lies. The left has become the party of liars and deceivers. They are not to be trusted
Given that the commentary from a Protestant perspective, I would say that the label is appropriate.
Without knowing her name, I would think I was hearing Hillary speak........This is Hillary’s legacy, lie, deceive, manipulate, project, ridicule, change the subject, etc..,etc., etc..,
And the abortionists only read what she said as truth as PP is the victim here.
Watch, along with Hillery emails, this is going to go away eventually. I hope I am wrong.
With a compliant, Marxist Media, of course it will go away.
The "news" is what the enemedia says it is.
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