Congresswoman demands answers from Planned Parenthood on infanticide

Congressman Marsha Blackburn has sent a letter to Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, asking her to come clean on Planned Parenthood's advocacy against legislation to treat infants who survive abortion.  Blackburn's letter notes the recent testimony of a Planned Parenthood lobbyist in Florida who said any decision regarding how to treat an infant who survives abortion "should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician."

Planned Parenthood owes the American taxpayers answers to some very basic questions. Any organization receiving taxpayer funding should not lobby in support of expanding abortions, especially controversial propositions like infanticide which dramatically calls into question the way Constitutional rights are bestowed upon every person born in this country,” Blackburn said. “Planned Parenthood’s disturbing testimony is just one more reason why we must pass H.R. 61 – to end taxpayer funding for big abortion businesses through the Title X grant program.

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