98 Lawmakers Ask Paul Ryan To Disband Panel Going After Planned Parenthood Over Debunked Video

[applegrove]

98 Lawmakers Ask Paul Ryan To Disband Panel Going After Planned Parenthood Over Debunked Video

by Lindsay Gibbs at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/04/30/3774258/end-planned-parenthood-witch-hunt/

"SNIP.............


On Thursday, 98 members of Congress wrote a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and the Chairman of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TEN), asking that they disband the panel and end the investigation into Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue research.

The investigation into Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue practices began last summer, when a heavily edited video surfaced claiming that the organization was “selling aborted baby parts.” Conservatives, especially former Presidential candidate and current Ted Cruz “running mate” Carly Fiorina — called for a formal investigation into Planned Parenthood’s practices.

But the claims made in the video have been repeatedly debunked, and in January, after a three-month-long investigation, a Texas Grand Jury decided not to indict Planned Parenthood. Instead, the jury moved to indict the videographers who were responsible for the video in the first place.

However, the select panel has continued to operate, going after not only Planned Parenthood, but also the scientists who are researching fetal tissue as they search for cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis.



..............SNIP"

[Hekate]

1. Kick. Christ on a trailer hitch I can hardly wait to get the House out of GOP domination

[applegrove]

2. GOP need to keep Planned Parenthood in the news cycle. After all congress was put there to enable

the rich to not pay any taxes by using and maintaining and promoting wedge issues.

[Turbineguy]

3. Hmmm....

sounds a bit like...... "Please stop making us look like fools!"