The core issue is not really what was said in these videos, in or out of context; it's what PPH is actually doing, and whether or not they're profiting from the sale of aborted fetuses and their various tissues and parts. These people are not stupid, and they're not going to admit outright to what they d*mn well know is a criminal enterprise. The only way to tell what these clinics are doing and how they take directions from the Mother Ship of PPH is through an in-depth investigation of their activities with the involvement of forensic accountants & auditors that can tell whether or not PPH is cooking their books. According to their latest annual report they performed a LOT of abortions, made a very healthy profit and received a staggering amount of federal taxpayer dollars in addition to all their other sources of income (as detailed in previous posts). The states are already starting to look into their operations and begin their own defunding processes. However, it will likely take an in-depth federal investigation to tie all the financial loose ends together and make a case against them. That's not going to happen so long as Barack Hussein Obama is POTUS with his lackeys running the DOJ and the IRS.
Funny thing, there are 6 states investigating PP: TX, SC, AZ, KS, MO, and OH, but there are only 3 states in which PP participates in tissue donation: CA, WA, OR. Not one of the investigating states even has cause to suspect PP of wrongdoing in their state - but they do have one thing in common: conservative Republican governors. Both Jindal and Hutchinson said "This organization does not represent the values of the people of our state." I guess the people of their states don't value health care much, [but we don't know, because the governors provide nothing to show what the people think], because another thing they have in common is their abysmal record of healthcare ranking, as 4 of the 6 states that have cut funding for PP are in the bottom 10. LA: 48th, AL:41st, MS: 50th, AR: 49th.
There is just one Republican governor who isn't putting his personal ideology ahead of the people he is paid to represent: Butch Otter, of Idaho, said "There is no evidence that a crime has been committed, there are no grounds for a legal investigation." That's a good and honest man, telling the truth, no matter what is 'correct', according to his party.
The rest of them are spending money they constantly claim to be short of, in order to impose their ideology on the citizens of their states, which is indefensible. Just like the fictitious 'Center for Medical Progress', if the law and the citizens don't go along with your beliefs, just declare black is white, and swear you have proof. While everyone argues over whether it is or isn't proof, you get what you wanted.
Defunding PP is the stupidest of bad ideas I've heard in a long time. Depriving women of contraception and STD and screening services can only result in more unwanted pregnancies, more STDs, more cancers. The nonsense about other health centers taking up the slack is just that: nonsense. PP serves a clientele that other clinics aren't interested in: low income, uninsured. Rural. Moreover, women like PP, even when [as I did] they have private insurance. We don't have to deal with patronizing, condescending, judgmental people [male docs] and that's a benefit we could use more of, not less.
