Moreover, once again, ***there is no line-item in the budget funding Planned Parenthood.*** Repeat: There is no line-item in the budget funding Planned Parenthood. It does not exist. Issuing funds to Planned Parenthood is a decision of the executive branch.
Wow! I’m STUNNED! Guess I’ll look into the history of the executive branch. Any leads?
I was researching the study done by the House in 2015...2015! Let’s see, 3k abortions a day...
https://www.gop.gov/solution_content/plannedparenthood/
In 2015, videos were uncovered featuring senior level Planned Parenthood officials admitting unethical and potentially illegal procedures should be of great concern to every America. The practices described in these videos are despicable, and Planned Parenthood should be forced to defend their content.
Three House Committees – Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, and Oversight – immediately launched an aggressive investigation of these videos. Learn more about the House’s ongoing work into the abhorrent practices of Planned Parenthood: [timeline]
Final [long] report:
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6 Alarming Findings in House Panel’s Planned Parenthood Probe
January 04, 2017
Planned Parenthood affiliates profited by transferring parts of aborted babies to outside organizations in violation of the law, a special House panel has concluded after a yearlong investigation.
In a 418-page report released Wednesday, the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives also found that other organizations involved in the transfer of fetal tissue broke federal or state law. [so LOCK THEM UP!]
https://www.dailysignal.com/2017/01/04/6-alarming-findings-from-house-planned-parenthood-probe/
In light of disturbing videos that emerged in July detailing fetal tissue procurement among Planned Parenthood facilities and affiliates, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee launched an investigation into the use of federal funds surrounding transactions involving fetal tissue. [They wrote letters - not to the DOinJ.]
https://oversight.house.gov/interactivepage/plannedparenthood/
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Washington, D.C—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement in response to Planned Parenthood’s intention to end its acceptance of reimbursements for fetal tissue donations:
“While Planned Parenthood has stated its intention to end its practice of accepting reimbursements for fetal tissue donation, it has not stated its commitment to end its horrific practice of harvesting fetal tissue. This announcement by Planned Parenthood does not change the focus of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into Planned Parenthood’s practice of procuring fetal tissue as it relates to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Actand the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. Furthermore, Planned Parenthood’s recent announcement certainly does not excuse the horrific practices brought to light in the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress.”
[PP has a plan (oy) B?]
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What are the committees investigating?
1. Are abortion providers profiting from the sale of fetal tissue?
2. Are abortion providers changing procedures in order to maximize the harvesting of fetal tissue?
3. Are patients giving sufficient informed consent when fetal tissue is donated?
4. Were federal laws violated and whether federal law sufficiently prohibits these barbaric acts?
5. What congressional action is necessary to further respond to these horrific acts?
6. Was the Department of Justice aware of these practices and DID IT properly enforce the laws that prevent these acts?
Legislative Action: [how considerate]
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing, “Protecting Infants: Ending Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Who Violate the Law.” The Subcommittee will review two bills to strengthen enforcement against providers who violate the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
On Friday, the House will consider H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, sponsored by Rep. Diane Black.
The House will also consider H.R. 3504, the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.
The House passed H.R. 3495 Women’s Public Health and Safety Act by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), a bill that increases states’ flexibility in determining whether individuals or entities that perform or participate in the performance of elective abortions can participate as providers in their Medicaid programs.
https://www.gop.gov/solution_content/plannedparenthood/