Criminal charges for Planned Parenthood - Lila Rose LIVE ACTION

Planned Parenthood has claimed for more than a year that it did nothing illegal in its grotesque practice of trafficking the body parts from the babies it aborted. But two weeks ago, a U.S. House Select Investigative Panel referred Planned Parenthood’s largest affiliate to federal authorities after finding enough evidence that it allegedly illegally profited from selling baby parts.  Now, a second congressional investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee has uncovered even more evidence that has led to four more Planned Parenthood affiliates and Planned Parenthood’s national office being referred to federal law enforcement for further investigation and potential prosecution. The committee also referred three tissue brokers that Planned Parenthood partnered with to authorities. It found evidence that the brokers -- the middlemen that sell to end buyers -- made thousands of dollars per aborted child by selling the parts piecemeal. While Planned Parenthood claimed the fees they charged on their end only recovered their costs, the committee showed that they never had conducted an analysis of their costs before they set their fees. Evidence also shows that the national Planned Parenthood office (PPFA) had discovered that its affiliates weren’t following its procedures meant to ensure they complied with federal law. But rather than bring its affiliates back into compliance, PPFA changed its procedures to let the affiliates continue their organ trafficking. The evidence shows this was not a set of isolated incidences or a few rogue employees; these crimes were coordinated at the highest levels of Planned Parenthood. It should surprise no one that an industry that violently kills a million innocent children in the womb every year doesn’t see the problem with tearing apart their little bodies and trafficking the parts for money. I am thankful to both committees in the House and Senate for their investigations and for David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress for exposing this horrific practice to the American people. We are hopeful that federal law enforcement will bring Planned Parenthood and these tissue brokers to justice. In addition, Live Action is meeting with members of Congress to work with them and the new administration to end the half a billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies that are propping up this absolutely corrupt and potentially criminal enterprise. In 2017, let’s push to bring justice to Planned Parenthood on both fronts. Yours in the fight for life,   Lila Rose  President  Live Action