Lying @CarlyFiorina slips two new words in a rarely told tale: 1. Planned & 2.Parenthood
Very telling article--really should be-The anatomy of a big lie to smear Planned Parenthood. Not long and worth the read.
Lying @CarlyFiorina slips two new words in a rarely told tale: 1. Planned & 2.Parenthood http://wpo.st/WkRj0 @GOP #standwithPP #p2
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Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaking in Hooksett, N.H., on Oct. 3, 2015. (Cheryl Senter/AP)
By Abby Phillip October 28 at 10:29 AM
Carly Fiorina has long told a powerful and personal story about why she’s against abortion. Her husband’s mother had contemplated the procedure while she was carrying him — but ultimately decided against it.
This year, Fiorina, as a Republican candidate for president, started regularly telling another powerful, personal story that she said helped harden her antiabortion position. And two weeks ago, the story seems to have acquired two new words: Planned Parenthood.
It was 1970s Washington, and Fiorina was probably 23 years old. She accompanied a very good friend to an abortion clinic and saw face to face the effects of abortion on that woman, she said in January at a March for Life event.
Fiorina “watched the physical scars of that experience on her,” the candidate said in a quiet, measured tone. “And more especially the emotional trauma that I’m not sure she ever recovered from.”
It wasn’t until an appearance in Texas earlier this month hosted by Prestonwood Baptist Church and the Faith and Freedom Coalition that Fiorina added these words: “And we went to a Planned Parenthood clinic.”..................
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