#WomenBetrayed Rallies Give Voice to Nationwide Outrage

#WomenBetrayed Rallies Give Voice to Nationwide Outrage

CBNNews.com

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Thousands of women gathered in rallies across the nation Tuesday to demand an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood amid more shocking revelations from undercover videos.

"There are people across this country who want to know exactly what is going on and if anything illegal is going on," Cathie Humbarger, executive director of Allen County Right to Life, said at a rally in Indiana.

The latest exposé by the Center for Medical Progress features a woman who previously worked for a company called StemExpress. She explains how she was required to dissect aborted babies so the business could obtain fetal tissue and organs for Planned Parenthood.

The videos inspired dozens of #WomenBetrayed rallies in the latest sign of growing outrage over Planned Parenthood's harvesting of baby organs for profit.

"Horrified at the things that I heard about fellow OB-GYNs talking so callously about ripping babies apart but doing it in a way to preserve organs that could potentially bring money in," Christina Francis, a medical doctor with the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNS, said.

Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopefuls joined in one of the main #WomenBetrayed rallies, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

"There comes a time in the history of nation when we will all be judged on whether or not we took a stand for life. Now is that time," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said.

"This callous disregard expressed over wine and cheese should inflame and infuriate us all and we should once and for all stop any penny of money going to Planned Parenthood," he continued.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson also spoke, urging people of faith to stand up against what he calls the "blatant evil" of Planned Parenthood.

Carson told the pro-life crowd he had spent many nights as a surgeon "toiling so hard to save one of those lives."

A third Republican candidate, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, also joined in the call to action.

"Today the U.S. Department of Justice should open an investigation into all those individuals," Cruz said. "Today the U.S. Department of Justice should open an criminal investigation into whether Planned Parenthood nationally is a criminal enterprise breaking the law."

The Senate will now vote on defunding Planned Parenthood before senators head home for their August recess.

#WomenBetrayed: Anti-Planned Parenthood Fury Spreads

#WomenBetrayed: Anti-Planned Parenthood Fury Spreads

By Caitlin Burke

CBN News Reporter

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

From protests in America's streets to the halls of Congress, cries to defund Planned Parenthood are growing.

"There's no reason for Planned Parenthood to get any federal money, and basically the things they're doing are unacceptable to a vast majority of people prolife or pro-choice," Rep. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said.

The outcry comes as the prolife group Center for Medical Progress released a third video Tuesday, called Planned Parenthood's Black Market in Baby Parts."

It follows on the heels of two earlier videos by CMP showing top Planned Parenthood officials haggling over the cost of the body parts of aborted babies.

Meanwhile, the nation's largest abortion provider is defending itself, saying the footage in question has been "highly selectively edited."

"The folks behind this, in fact, are part of the most militant wing of the anti-abortion movement that has been behind, you know, the bombing of clinics, the murder of doctors in their homes, and in their churches. And that's what actually needs to be looked at," Planned Parenthood President Cicile Richards said.

Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina said that's no defense, and far from the actual issue.

"This has nothing to do with whether you're prolife or pro-choice," Fiorina said. "This has to do with the moral foundation of our nation."

"If a woman was sitting outside of Planned Parenthood in, for example, her OBGYN's office looking at this ultrasound at precisely the same point in her pregnancy, her doctor would be saying, 'Look at your baby; look at its heart beat; look at its fingers and toes.'"

Under increased scrutiny, it appears Planned Parenthood may also be misrepresenting sponsorship.

Some of the biggest companies they have listed as corporate sponsors deny any association to the abortion provider, according to a Fox News report. Among those companies are Coca-Cola, Ford, and Xerox.

As the controversy continues to grow, protests are planned in more than 50 cities Tuesday.

Demonstrators will be marching under the banner #WomenBetrayed, and will be urging people to demand their states investigate, prosecute, and defund Planned Parenthood.

Watch CMP's latest video on Planned Parenthood below. WARNING: Some of the footage is disturbing: