by Bethany Monk
President Obama expressed his fervent support for the nation’s largest abortion seller Friday during a Planned Parenthood conference in Washington, D.C. He also made known his disapproval of members of Congress who want to defund the abortion business and state lawmakers who have voted pro-life bills into law.
Obama is the first sitting president to speak in person at a Planned Parenthood event. He mentioned that lawmakers in 42 states are considering laws limiting abortion. Even after “decades of progress” he said, “there’s still politicians who want to roll back the clock.” He also thanked the abortion seller for helping to promote Obamacare.
Planned Parenthood gave $15 million to Obama’s re-election campaign.
“President Obama touts Planned Parenthood as a trusted friend and health care provider to women and girls, but this could not be further from the truth,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List. “Planned Parenthood last week admitted to knowing about the conditions inside Kermit Gosnell’s clinic, yet chose not to act to help end the killing of newborn babies and butchering of women.”
Gosnell, 72, is accused of murdering multiple newborns and one pregnant woman. His abortion business had not been inspected for more than a decade, even though Pennsylvania has regulations in places for the abortion industry. He is currently on trial in Philadelphia.
“If the president was truly concerned with the healthcare needs of women and girls in abortion mills,” said Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), “he would join AUL in calling for clinic regulations to protect the growing number of women maimed and killed there.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Watch Obama’s speech at the Planned Parenthood conference.
Read “Dig Deeper: A Case to Defund Planned Parenthood.”
Watch 3801 Lancaster, a documentary following the Gosnell case as it unfolds.
Warning: Contains graphic images.
