Congresswoman Renee Ellmers of North Carolina Thursday called for an investigation into Planned Parenthood.
At a DC news conference with Rep. Randy Hultgren of Illinois, Ellmers said a report by Americans United for Life raised questions about Planned Parenthood. “This afternoon, Congressman Hulgren and I spoke with several of our colleagues to call for hearings and an investigation of the nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, which receives more than $1 million a day in taxpayer funds,” Ellmers said in a statement.
“In light of our current fiscal crisis and economic uncertainty,” Ellmers said, “Americans should be appalled at the fact that their money is being used to fund abortions, and on such a massive scale.”
The anti-abortion group alleges a whole range of violations by Planned Parenthood, ranging from misuse of federal health care and family planning to providing women with inaccurate and misleading information.
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Ellmers picks a scapegoat
July 15, 2011 - 8:54am — rob1977ncThe lies and mistruths that the Radical Right-wingers spew about Planned Parenthood are getting pretty tired, old and lame by now. Not to mean just plain nuts!
You want a scapegoat to take away attention from real issues people care about, and you got one.
Eugenics was a widely held
July 15, 2011 - 6:40am — patmanEugenics was a widely held belief of that time, so widely held that it was performed by many state governments, including our own. It is intellectually dishonest to condemn an organization because its founder lived in a more primitive society.
Planned Parenthood and eugenics
July 15, 2011 - 5:01am — ManyesThe N&O recently reported on the horrors of eugenics - a practice by states throughout the country where the government selected individuals who the government felt should not procreate. The governments at the time were responding to a community organizer of the era named Margaret Sanger. The scourge Margaret was attempting to erradicate, using an outcome based metric, included the black and asian elements of our society (she was primarily concerned about the procreation of the feeble minded and criminals). Margaret Sanger is the founder of Planned Parenthood.
This makes me sick
July 14, 2011 - 7:39pm — whollarI can't believe this. They take lies and a political agenda to scare and convince people that Planned Parenthood and medical professionals deceive women and only promote abortion. Ellmers-fudges.
This makes me sick
July 14, 2011 - 4:42pm — lemargrayI cant believe this. They take our hard earning money and take it fund abortion for some kid that cannot stop openning their legs to tom, DICK and harry. Tjis just make me sick.