Could Whistleblower Claims Strip Planned Parenthood of Government Funding?

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Aside from that being flatly untrue (what else is new), the issue is tax dollars being given to an organization that campaigns for one political party.  Should never happen.     

Really?  SO you're okay with tax dollarsbeing given to an org that campaigns for one political party?


Pick a field, there are examples in most.  healthcare, anyone?

Youre a smart man, BB, I didn't expect this from you - plenty of organizations get tax subsidies and blow it on political lobbying for both parties.  You didn't know this?

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which part is untrue?

none of it but Bum would like to pretend that it is anyway

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none of it but Bum would like to pretend that it is anyway

this is pretty much common sense that plenty of companies use that tax-free, exempt, or subsidized status, while working to further their political goals thru influence.

I guess oil companies dont have lobbyists, huh?    healthcare companies too.

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Really?  SO you're okay with tax dollarsbeing given to an org that campaigns for one political party?


Pick a field, there are examples in most.  healthcare, anyone?

Youre a smart man, BB, I didn't expect this from you - plenty of organizations get tax subsidies and blow it on political lobbying for both parties.  You didn't know this?

What the heck are you talking about?  Of course you know I take nothing you say at face value.  What churches campagin for Romney?  And which one of those churches receives direct taxpayer subsidies?   

And what the heck does that have to do with whether Planned Parenthood should be allowed to receive taxpayer money when they're a partisan political abortion mill? 

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What the heck are you talking about?  Of course you know I take nothing you say at face value.  What churches campagin for Romney?  And which one of those churches receives direct taxpayer subsidies?   

And what the heck does that have to do with whether Planned Parenthood should be allowed to receive taxpayer money when they're a partisan political abortion mill? 

churches enjoy tax exempt status.

many chruches outwardly or subtly use their resources to elect candidates.  It's against the law but it's not somethign that is actually enforced.

In 2006, something like 62% of churches looked at by the govt were violating the decades old mandate.  nobody really does anything about it tho.

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churches enjoy tax exempt status.

many chruches outwardly or subtly use their resources to elect candidates.  It's against the law but it's not somethign that is actually enforced.

In 2006, something like 62% of churches looked at by the govt were violating the decades old mandate.  nobody really does anything about it tho.

Churches don't get taxpayer money.  A tax exemption isn't the same as a tax subsidy.  Churches cannot engage in partisan politics and maintain their tax exempt status.

And churches that violate that requirement do get investigated, so to say nobody really does anything about it isn't accurate. 

Again, what does any of that have to do with Planned Parenthood? 

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Churches don't get taxpayer money.  A tax exemption isn't the same as a tax subsidy.  Churches cannot engage in partisan politics and maintain their tax exempt status.
And churches that violate that requirement do get investigated, so to say nobody really does anything about it isn't accurate. 
Again, what does any of that have to do with Planned Parenthood? 

well, youre acting all dramatic and offended that a company that gets some of its $ from the govt would get involved in politics.

Shit happens all the time.  ANd really, things like this mean we're not talking about the economy. 

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well, youre acting all dramatic and offended that a company that gets some of its $ from the govt would get involved in politics.

Shit happens all the time.  ANd really, things like this mean we're not talking about the economy. 

Nobody is acting dramatic and offended.     I just tend to care what happens with my tax dollars. 

And most people are smart enough to talk about multiple issues.  Discussion of one topic is not the exclusion of others. 

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Churches don't get taxpayer money.  A tax exemption isn't the same as a tax subsidy.  Churches cannot engage in partisan politics and maintain their tax exempt status.

And churches that violate that requirement do get investigated, so to say nobody really does anything about it isn't accurate. 

Again, what does any of that have to do with Planned Parenthood? 

a tax exemption is absolutely like getting something for free

churches use the roads, utilties, public services, etc..

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Rep wants public hearing on Planned Parenthood after woman's death
Published July 24, 2012
FoxNews.com

Planned Parenthood is facing new calls for congressional scrutiny after a Chicago woman died following an abortion at a local clinic last week.

Twenty-four-year old Tonya Reaves died Friday of hemorrhaging following the abortion, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Her death has been ruled an accident.

While Planned Parenthood afterward issued a statement expressing condolences to the family, the abortion provider's most vocal critics in Washington swiftly began calling for a closer look into the group's safety guidelines and financial practices.

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., who launched a probe into Planned Parenthood earlier this year, is now calling for a public hearing on Capitol Hill.

"I would like to put them under oath," he told Fox News. "I would like to find out how they spend our half a billion dollars, and I would also like to explore some of the safety aspects, particularly in light of this death, of this tragedy."

Stearns claims that since he launched a congressional probe, all he's gotten are thousands of pages of irrelevant documents and no answers to his questions.

The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List also called for congressional oversight in the wake of Reaves' death.

"Congress has an obligation to exercise clear and regular oversight of businesses like Planned Parenthood that receive hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding and have such dramatic impact on the lives of women and unborn children," Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement. "We must not allow Tonya Reaves to have died in vain, but rather heed this warning and call on Congress to exercise its full capacity to investigate Planned Parenthood."

Planned Parenthood's national office so far has not responded to requests from Fox News for comment. The Illinois chapter of Planned Parenthood released the following statement, which ran over the weekend in local media:

"While legal abortion services in the United States have a very high safety record, a tragedy such as this is devastating to loved ones, and we offer our deepest sympathies. Planned Parenthood of Illinois cares deeply about the health and safety of each and every patient."

The Guttmacher Institute reports that nationally, abortion has become much safer since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. One study, which cited data from the '90s, said fewer than .3 percent of abortion patients "have complications requiring hospitalization."

"Today, having an abortion in the United States involves far less short-term risk than carrying a pregnancy to term," the report said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/24/rep-wants-public-hearing-on-planned-parenthood-after-woman-death/#ixzz21beUrLmd?test=latestnews?test=latestnews

Five hour delay between the second trimester abortion and taking her to the ER. 

Documents Shed Light On Woman’s Death After Abortion
July 24, 2012 9:27 AM
Reporting Steve Miller

CHICAGO (CBS) — Documents about the abortion performed for a West Side woman – and her subsequent death – reveal some new details about her final hours last Friday.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports, the abortion was last Friday morning, according to documents in the case of 24-year-old Tonya Reaves.

Reaves had the abortion – formally called a “D and E” or dilation and evacuation procedure – at Planned Parenthood at 18 S. Michigan Ave. at 11 a.m., according to documents.

After the procedure, she was suffering bleeding, and a Fire Department ambulance took her to Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:30 p.m.

Then at 5:30 p.m., doctors performed an ultrasound, and another dilation and evacuation procedure – basically, another abortion – this time at Northwestern.

But after that, there were then more problems, and pain. That warranted a new ultrasound, and a perforation was discovered.

At 10:12 p.m., Reaves was taken back to surgery – and “an uncontrollable bleed was discovered,” documents say.

Reaves was pronounced dead just in the operating room just over an hour later, at 11:20 p.m.

Reaves’ twin sister, Toni Reaves, said this past weekend that Tonya was engaged to be married and had one son – Alvin – who just had his first birthday.

“It happened so fast. She was just fine one day and then the next day she was gone. We’re just trying to figure out what happened… what happened,” Toni Reaves said.

In a written statement this past Saturday, Planned Parenthood of Illinois chief executive officer Carole Brite said “We were shocked and saddened upon learning of a tragic development at a nearby hospital. Our hearts go out to the loved ones of this patient.

“While legal abortion services in the United States have a very high safety record, a tragedy such as this is devastating to loved ones and we offer our deepest sympathies. Planned Parenthood of Illinois cares deeply about the health and safety of each and every patient. We do not publicly discuss private patient matters and we follow HIPAA laws that forbid the disclosure of patient information.”


http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/07/24/documents-shed-light-on-womans-death-after-abortion/

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people die from medical procedures everyday

it's just a fact of life

the fact that this happened during an abortion is irrelevent and I wouldn't be suprised to find that abortions have lower levels of complications/death than most other surgical procedures

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people die from medical procedures everyday

it's just a fact of life

the fact that this happened during an abortion is irrelevent and I wouldn't be suprised to find that abortions have lower levels of complications/death than most other surgical procedures

Beach Bum wants to outlaw heart, kidney etc operations apparently

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Beach Bum wants to outlaw heart, kidney etc operations apparently

people die every year from botched cosmetic surgeries such as liposcuction and face lifts

I've read that the rate of death from botched liposuction is greater than the rate of death from car addidents (i.e. % of fatalities vs total accidents).

http://liponews.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/liposuction-deaths-higher-than-car-crash-fatalities/

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Appeals Court Rules Texas Can Cut off Planned Parenthood Funding
Tuesday, 21 Aug 2012

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding to affiliates of Planned Parenthood for a state women's health program because the network of clinics provides abortions.
The decision is a blow to Planned Parenthood, which is the nation's largest abortion provider and has been under attack from conservatives across the country. Some conservatives oppose any state government money going to support abortions.

Planned Parenthood denies the money to some of its affiliated clinics supports abortions and said it was for cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman examinations, which focus on health histories and reproductive healthcare.

Texas is the most populous of a number of states with Republican majorities that have mounted a campaign to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. A group of Planned Parenthood clinics earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit to stop Texas from cutting off the funding.

The ruling on Tuesday reversed a lower court decision that had temporarily allowed Planned Parenthood to continue receiving funding from the Texas program.

After the appeals court decision was announced, Texas said it would immediately stop providing money to Planned Parenthood under the Women's Health Program, which provides services to poor women.

"We appreciate the court's ruling and will move to enforce state law banning abortion providers and affiliates from the Women's Health Program as quickly as possible," Texas Health and Human Services Commission spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman said.

Planned Parenthood said that the decision puts the health of some 52,000 Texas women in jeopardy. The state program covers more than 100,000 women and Planned Parenthood has said the eight clinics suing Texas stand to lose $13 million a year.

"We are evaluating every possible option to protect women's health in Texas," Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Cecile Richards said in a statement.

The dispute erupted after Texas said that it would enforce a law that had been on the books for several years barring funding for abortion providers and affiliates.

The battle has also pitted Republican-dominated Texas state government against the administration of Democratic President Barack Obama because 90 percent of the funding for the Texas health program comes from the federal government.

The Obama administration has said it will not renew federal funding for the Texas program because the state was violating federal law by restricting the freedom to choose health providers.

But Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, said in a statement on Tuesday that the state would continue to run the program despite the federal government decision not to renew funding Texas.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/texas-planned-parenthood-funding/2012/08/21/id/449315

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Planned Parenthood Sets Abortion Record as Taxpayer Support Peaks
Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013
By Michael Mullins

Planned Parenthood performed a record 333,964 abortions in 2011 while receiving a record-high $542 million in taxpayer support during the fiscal 2011-2012 years, according to the organization's recently released annual report.

According to the report, the government support represented 45 percent of Planned Parenthood's total annual revenue.

The figures in the annual report sparked outrage among pro-life advocates like Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the non-profit Susan B. Anthony List which lobbies politicians to promote policies to reduce and ultimately end abortion in the United States.

"While government subsidies to Planned Parenthood have reached an all-time high, so too has the number of lives ended by this profit-driven abortion business. Destroying nearly one million children in three years is not health care and does not reflect a concern for vulnerable women and girls. As Planned Parenthood’s funding goes up, abortions increase and real health services for women go down," said Dannenfelser in a statement.

Dannenfelser was referring to the fact that Planned Parenthood reported performing 995,687 abortions in the past three years, with 332,278 in 2009 and 329,445 in 2010, while cancer screening and treatment for sexually-transmitted disease have dropped significantly.

Reacting to the amount of government spending for Planned Parenthood, U.S. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., said the report "underscores the pressing need to cut off all federal funding for Planned Parenthood," according to Fox News.

Responding in turn to Black's statement, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards said, "Some members of Congress just don't get it. Two years ago, the first order of business for Tea Party Republicans was blocking women's access to health care and defunding Planned Parenthood, and now they're at it again."

Richards continued, "They apparently learned nothing from the results of the last election, when Americans said overwhelmingly that they do not want politicians dictating women's access to health care."

The same annual report showed that Planned Parenthood provided sexually-transmitted disease treatment and testing for 4.5 million people and cancer screening and prevention services for 1.3 million people.

According to The Washington Examiner, cancer screening and prevention services provided by Planned Parenthood have dropped by 29 percent since 2009.

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/planned-parenthood-abortion-record/2013/01/08/id/470523

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Planned Parenthood Sets Abortion Record as Taxpayer Support Peaks
Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013
By Michael Mullins

Planned Parenthood performed a record 333,964 abortions in 2011 while receiving a record-high $542 million in taxpayer support during the fiscal 2011-2012 years, according to the organization's recently released annual report.

According to the report, the government support represented 45 percent of Planned Parenthood's total annual revenue.

The figures in the annual report sparked outrage among pro-life advocates like Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the non-profit Susan B. Anthony List which lobbies politicians to promote policies to reduce and ultimately end abortion in the United States.

"While government subsidies to Planned Parenthood have reached an all-time high, so too has the number of lives ended by this profit-driven abortion business. Destroying nearly one million children in three years is not health care and does not reflect a concern for vulnerable women and girls. As Planned Parenthood’s funding goes up, abortions increase and real health services for women go down," said Dannenfelser in a statement.

Dannenfelser was referring to the fact that Planned Parenthood reported performing 995,687 abortions in the past three years, with 332,278 in 2009 and 329,445 in 2010, while cancer screening and treatment for sexually-transmitted disease have dropped significantly.

Reacting to the amount of government spending for Planned Parenthood, U.S. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., said the report "underscores the pressing need to cut off all federal funding for Planned Parenthood," according to Fox News.

Responding in turn to Black's statement, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards said, "Some members of Congress just don't get it. Two years ago, the first order of business for Tea Party Republicans was blocking women's access to health care and defunding Planned Parenthood, and now they're at it again."

Richards continued, "They apparently learned nothing from the results of the last election, when Americans said overwhelmingly that they do not want politicians dictating women's access to health care."

The same annual report showed that Planned Parenthood provided sexually-transmitted disease treatment and testing for 4.5 million people and cancer screening and prevention services for 1.3 million people.

According to The Washington Examiner, cancer screening and prevention services provided by Planned Parenthood have dropped by 29 percent since 2009.

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/planned-parenthood-abortion-record/2013/01/08/id/470523

This is GREAT NEWS.   Thanks for posting this

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood

Seems like a good cause.

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BREAKING: Former head of D.C. abortion group arrested in child sex sting
 lan ^ | 1.10.2013 | Cassy Fiano

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:07:20 PM by Morgana

News has just broke that Scott Richard Swirling, former director of the pro-abortion National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), has been arrested in a child sex sting. Swirling was caught trying to solicit sex with a twelve-year-old girl online; luckily, it was an undercover police officer and Swirling was taken into custody.

Scott Richard Swirling, 61, thought he was discussing plans to meet a District man who was offering to let him have sex with his preteen daughter, authorities said.

It turns out Swirling was dealing with an undercover D.C. police officer.

Swirling, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Tuesday and charged with traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct, a crime which carries a penalty of up to 30 years.

This arrest shows just how deep the canker of perversion rests within the abortion industry. Live Action’s undercover investigations have showed that the abortion industry, and Planned Parenthood in particular, is more than willing to cover up the sexual abuse of children if it means more abortions. This makes the abortion industry complicit in many instances of child sexual abuse.

Like most organizations int he abortion industry, NFPRHA, is a strong supporter of taxpayer funding for abortion, and includes Planned Parenthood affiliates as members.