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Planned Parenthood to Investigate Undercover Actor's Claim That `Baby Killers' Broke Laws
Planned Parenthood of Alabama will investigate claims by a self-proclaimed "undercover actor and investigative journalist" that the organization's Birmingham clinic is failing to report the sexual abuse of minors and "bending rules" on parental consent laws for abortions, a spokesman said Tuesday. The allegations were made by 20-year-old Lila Rose, a UCLA college student who has posted on the Internet a series of audio and video recordings of her visits to Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation.
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Alabama AG Seeks Undercover Tape of Planned Parenthood's Sex Abuse Coverup
Attorney General Troy King said Wednesday he's asked for the tape of a Birmingham Planned Parenthood clinic staffer allegedly saying the law about reporting sexual abuse is "bent" by the clinic. "If that tape is an accurate depiction of what's happening, that's very troubling," King said in an interview. "Live Action" undercover reporter Lila Rose, a 20-year-old student, said she posed as a 14-year-old girl at the Birmingham Planned Parenthood clinic a year ago. Rose said she told a staffer she got pregnant by her 31-year-old "boyfriend" and needed a secret abortion.
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Arizona Lawmakers Outlaw Planned Parenthood's Killer Nurses
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to make it illegal for anyone other than a physician to perform a surgical abortion. SB 1175 is aimed at a practice used by Planned Parenthood Arizona that allows nurse practitioners with special training to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester. The legislation overrules regulations from the state Board of Nursing, which concluded that those with the specialized training are qualified to perform the procedure.
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Minors' Abortion Records Off Limits for Proving Criminal Pattern, Court Says
In a split decision released Wednesday, July 1, the Ohio Supreme Court said the parents of a Cincinnati teen who had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic do not have the right to other minors' medical records. The parents of "Jane Roe," who had an abortion in March 2004 as a 14-year-old, filed suit against Planned Parenthood, alleging the clinic didn't properly get parental consent for the abortion or notify authorities of suspected sexual abuse of a minor. The lawsuit claimed Planned Parenthood's handling of Jane's case is part of a pattern involving minors who had obtained abortions.
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Minn. Health Department News of Abortion Decline Is FALSE, Report Does Not Count `Plan B', `RU-486' and Other Chemically Induced Abortions
False News Report by Winona Daily News:
The number of abortions performed in Minnesota in 2008 fell to the lowest level since the 1970s, and marked the second straight year of declines, the state Health Department reported Wednesday. The annual report said 12,948 abortions were performed in Minnesota last year, down about 6 percent from 13,843 in 2007. There were 14,065 abortions in 2006. Despite a spike in 2006, both the total number of abortions and the abortion rate per 1,000 women of childbearing age have been on a steady decline since 1980. The 2008 total is the lowest since the 10,565 abortions reported in 1975.
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Nineteen House Dems Plan To Vote Against Health Reform If Abortion Funding Is Included
Nineteen House Democrats recently sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stating that they will not vote for health care reform legislation "unless it explicitly excludes abortion funding from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan," CongressDaily reports. In the letter, the lawmakers wrote that they want to ensure that the Health Benefits Advisory Committee cannot recommend that abortion services be included as part of benefits packages. They wrote, "Without an explicit exclusion, abortion could be included in a government-subsidized health care plan under general health care."
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