Under fire for its role in providing fetal tissue for research, Planned Parenthood asked the government's top health scientists Wednesday to convene a panel of independent experts to study the issues surrounding the little-known branch of medicine.
Planned Parenthood's request to the National Institutes of Health came as Senate Republicans pressed their fight to bar the organization from receiving federal aid. Likely opposition from at least one GOP senator highlighted the long odds the GOP will face in a Senate showdown vote expected early next week.
Planned Parenthood, which gets more than $500 million of its $1.3 billion annual budget from federal and state programs, has been under fire since the release of videos showing some of its officials discussing how they obtain organs from aborted fetuses for research. The videos were furtively recorded by an anti-abortion group.
"The inflammatory and misleading videos have pushed this issue into the national spotlight," said the letter from Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards. "And a thoughtful, careful review by leading medical and ethical experts could do a lot to help the public and policymakers think through this issue and reach informed conclusions."
You know it would seem that if you were actually doing something illegal of immoral that you REALLY would not want the Feds looking into it.
So the fact that Planned Parenthood is requesting this should send a message to those making these outlandish accusations. But it won't of course because ideology is stronger than facts.
By the way if you want to visit the Planned Parenthood website today, don't bother because it has been hacked.
Support PP, send them money today!
ReplyDeleteI just sent some money to PP. If the kkkristian wingnuts could deal with facts, I bet they'd be surprised to see how many hospitals, including katholic hospitals, provide fetal tissue for research. And I'm sure some of the idiots that are protesting so loudly have probably benefited from that research.
DeleteHa! this is sure gonna chap her skinny little ass. Ol' Saree is bringing so much attention to PP that people everywhere are stepping up to offer their support. Good job, Skank. Betcha didn't count on this happening. And I hear that a lot of those contributions are in your name and especially Bristol's name, so there's that. LOL.
DeletePlanned Parenthood Sees Spike In Donations As Attacks Escalate
...“The benefit of having been a women’s health care provider for 99 years, and to being somebody who's been there in the lives of one in five American women, is that when people come after Planned Parenthood, people tend to not like that, and it actually has the opposite effect,” Laguens said. “More people send money, more people ask what they can do to help, more people come to us for health care.”
...Laguens said Planned Parenthood will weather this storm, as it did when Congress nearly shut down the government over its funding in 2011 and when the Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity tried to cut ties with it for political reasons in 2012.
“We’re doing all right,” Laguens said. “We are used to a good fight around here.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/planned-parenthood-donations_55ba2e3fe4b095423d0df22e?
SIMILAR RIGHTS TO TAKE AWAY FROM MALES
DeleteVasectomies and Masturbation are MURDER...
The first time I saw a sperm swim with the help of a microscope I decided that they were alive and should not be wasted. Women of the world, please join me as a member of WAWS -Women Against Wasted Sperm.They are adorable and should only be released from the male body to reproduce. The woman should only have sex when she is fertile. If any 'wasted' sperm is found on a sheet, sock etc. there should be a required DNA test and jail as a sentence for murder of an innocent sperm.
Do I now sound as intelligent as the Republican law makers??
>>Planned Parenthood Sees Spike In Donations
DeleteOOOPS! Now, that wasn't supposed to happen, worse yet, their ploy has ZERO chance of stopping government funding for PP and their liitle vaginagate scam will result in fines and possible jail time for the criminals who illegally taped this and defamed the medical company by pretending to represent them.
On top of all that, most Americans see right through it all, compensation for handling and shipping donated tissue samples is perfectly legal and was supported by none other than the turtleneck Republican Senate leader, McConnell! The video shows that the phony fool tried to entrap her with illegal enticements and was shot down.
Win-win-win for Planned Parenthood, what a tangled web these deceivers weave for themselves.
Please don't launder those socks! They could be evidence in a murder trial! We have to stop this masturbation holocaust, women must make these decisions for men since clearly they can't make them for themselves! No more closed bedroom or bathroom doors for teenage boys! Long prison sentences should be mandatory for any male caught committing this murderous act.
DeleteCall your Congress person! God knows they love to waste time on stupid, hopeless causes.
Excellent 1:00pm!!
DeleteMildred
I first saw that joke in one of my Dad's dirty magazines in the early 80's. A Penthouse cartoon I think.
DeleteI sent $35 to PP this week.
DeleteIf you can't find their national address because of hacking, do a search for the PP offices nearest you and send them a check, describing that you want it to go to national fundraising.
ReplyDeleteOr to support that local chapter.
There are two near me, both located in small cities that were devastated when northeastern manufacturing went South, then overseas, leaving behind a lot of people who are poor and sick. They need PP services.
This is their page to send a message to Congress, but it's not 'live', though you can cut and paste the letter below, if you like.
DeleteTell Congress that you stand with Planned Parenthood
Once again, a group of anti-abortion activists has attacked Planned Parenthood doctors, nurses, and patients with false accusations. And once again, its political allies are seizing on these accusations as an excuse to push the same dangerous agenda — ban abortion, shut down health centers and cut women off from care.
Tell them that you aren't fooled by the latest smear job. Tell them that you won't stop fighting for women's health and rights. Tell them that you stand with Planned Parenthood.
Message
I stand with Planned Parenthood
To: [Decision Makers]
We aren't fooled.
When a group of extreme anti-abortion activists released a secretly recorded video they claim shows evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood staff, we weren't fooled.
When the same activists who have spent years harassing Planned Parenthood staff and patients claimed they were standing up for women, we weren't fooled.
And now, when lawmakers who have relentlessly attacked Planned Parenthood try to use this latest smear job to push an anti-women's health agenda, you can bet we're not fooled. Not for a minute.
We've seen all this before. First, small groups of extremists launch fraudulent claims to shut down health centers that serve millions. Then, out-of-touch politicians seize on those lies to push abortion bans, defund Planned Parenthood, and deny women access to care.
We've seen it before -- and we've fought it, and we've won. And we won't stop fighting this time, no matter what.
We're proud to stand with Planned Parenthood and the women and men who rely on them every single day, and we hope you will too.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[City, State ZIP]
https://web.archive.org/web/20150730020832/https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=19825
More advocacy pages.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150317090016/http://plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/state-attacks-womens-health/types-attacks/
This is the donation page, but I don't know if it's 'live'.
https://web.archive.org/web/20141221165406/https://secure.ppaction.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=pp_ppol_Nondirected_OneTimeGiftActionCenter&s_src=ppol_onetimegift_AC_old&__utma=1.576894333.1336762289.1336762289.1337363770.2&__utmb=1.13.10.1337363770&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1336762289.1.1.utmcs
And this is what Wiki has to say about the organization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood
Whenever a site is hacked or taken offline, you can check out The Wayback Machine for when their site was last active and often move around in the site normally.
https://archive.org/web/
One of the strongest supporters of fetal research is Nancy Reagan -- for the information of Sarah and her Reagan worshipers. Nancy (along with millions of doctors) believes that fetal cell research eventually will help alleviate a variety of diseases, including Alzheimer's, which killed her husband.
ReplyDeleteThe simple answer, Alzheimer's does not kill a person directly.
DeleteSome people might think or believer that Alzheimer's causes brain death. In other words, it causes the complete brain to stop functioning. This is not true. With Alzheimer's the entire brain does not stop functioning all of a sudden (or it is very rare).
What happens as Alzheimer's progresses into the later stages is that certain bodily functions become more difficult.
For example,
some persons have trouble swallowing,
others lose the ability to walk,
some can no longer go to the bathroom,
patients become much more vulnerable to infections,
and patients often lose the ability to communicate which complicates all the issues above health issues.
These are the most common complications that come with Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2014/11/death-by-complications-from-alzheimers.html
Okay, not directly. But Alzheimer's is responsible for their deaths.
DeleteI watched my 73-year-old cousin died "of Alzheimer's/" Please tell me how the ancillary symptoms are not a result of Alzheimer's?
Don't you think you are splitting hairs unnecessarily to say Alzheimer's doesn't kill?
DeleteThe CDC says the leading causes of death are;
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
Heart disease: 611,105
Cancer: 584,881
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
Diabetes: 75,578
Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
Off topic, a religious fanatic stabbed several people at a gay pride parade in Israel. There r pictures on line. He just got out of jail not too long ago, for stabbing people in a gay rights parade several years ago.
ReplyDeleteSupport PP!
ReplyDeleteOn another note, VG at the pond is in need of a heart (he's in his mid-60s). He has told them all it was because of age and Obamacare that he is off the transplant list. hmmmm..
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daisy_mae • 30 minutes ago
Heavenly Father, our brother here, the Virginia Gentleman, your child, is in need of a new body part, a heart. Would You please send one of your angels, or whatever fashion You see fit, to deliver one to him? Thank you in Jesus name, amen.
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Yes, God, please snuff out another's life so that our despicable VG might live. Oh, wait, can't God just fix old VG's heart with a miracle? He must not want to, I guess.
Obamacare has nothing to do with the non-profit, many decades old National Transplant Registry.
DeleteV. Gentleman is either on the list, and is low on the list because others got there before him, or he's not on the list because he has so many other health factors that using a heart on him would not be worth it -- he's also got a liver that's near the end, his kidneys are shot, or other such debilitations.
I've always wondered why Dick Cheney got a heart transplant, given his age and history of circulatory problems. Hmmmm.
If I believed in their God, I would have to say, "Good call, God!"
DeleteOne less hateful, racist, phony Christian using up oxygen.
VG wants to be awarded body parts? Isn't that what Sarah Palin is railing against? Maybe Sarah can kill a moose and preserve the heart for her supporter.
DeleteDoes VG and the rest of the looney bin understand that doctors are right now discussing how to harvest organs like the heart he's looking for? Hospitals are "bogus businesses" that are dealing in body parts.
DeleteThe ReThugs are already threatening to shut down the government if Planned Parenthood does not get defunded...
ReplyDeleteWe need ANONYMOUS to go after these bastards that are attacking PP. I am at a loss as to how some people can be so ignorant.
ReplyDeleteGryphen,
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203284665397351&set=a.3048504791556.99867.1831312967&type=1&theater
Sarah Palin superfan, Suelynne, posted this on Sarah's Facebook page. Suelynne is active on every Palin site, c4p, Facebook, Brissys Instagram, the earthquake movement group...she even has some obnoxious YouTube videos, professing her undying devotion to Palin. Very sad and creepy.
Hey, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteToday's the 50th anniversary of the day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law.
That means that your parents' heart and joint operations were not paid for by YOU, but were paid for by Medicare, and all of us.
Wouldn't that make you a Democrat?
Medicaid, for all those poor people who are takers, is 50 years old, too.
Of course, old people on Medicare aren't "takers." It's their right to have the government pay for their health care. Amirite, Sarah?
Or, put another way, Sarah's father is alive because of Lyndon Johnson.
ReplyDeleteWithout Medicare, he would not have had heart surgery, which has kept him alive.
Thanks, LBJ.
The usual suspects are threatening to shut the government down if Planned Parenthood is not defunded.
ReplyDeleteThe fools did not win the shutdown fight when they tried to stop Obamacare. They will not win this fight. But they might piss a lot of people off and those people might remember in November of 2016 and vote the R's out once and for all.
I love this part:
ReplyDelete"The inflammatory and misleading videos have pushed this issue into the national spotlight," said the letter from Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards. "And a thoughtful, careful review by leading medical and ethical experts could do a lot to help the public and policymakers think through this issue and reach informed conclusions."
Way to go, Cecile! Can't wait for Sarah, Bristol, and Nancy's poutrage. After all, leading medical and ethical experts trump anything Dumb, Dumber, and Dumberer can come up with
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And a thoughtful, careful review by leading medical and ethical experts could do a lot to help the public and policymakers think through this issue and reach informed conclusions."
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Here is the problem, anti-choice folks do not think nor reach informed conclusions. They base their ideas on "the bible", lies and fear. It is impossible to use logic or facts when dealing with them so I do not see how this will help PP.
I think it will help those on the fence, people who are pro-choice and in favor of PP, but who are disturbed by what they've been shown in these distorted propaganda videos.
DeleteThe anti-choice, fetus-fetishers won't care.
Ted Cruz Hands Democrats 2016 Victory With Government Shut Down Threat Over Planned Parenthood
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The crew of Republican ideologues that caused the last government shutdown is prepared to do the same thing with the same result. Defunding Planned Parenthood is not a winning issue for Republicans. In fact, if Cruz takes the Republican Party down this path they can kiss the 2016 election goodbye.
Cruz has taken the wrong lesson from the 2013 shutdown. Republicans have deluded themselves into believing that there will be no consequences for the shutting down the government again. The electorate will be exponentially bigger in 2016, and it will be more Democratic. Republicans are already suffering from a huge gender gap with women voters, but if Cruz and Republicans shut down the government, they will be sending a message to women that their health does not matter.
Republicans are preparing to pander to a tiny segment of extremists in a party base that is already too small to win a presidential election on its own. Cruz is leading the Republican Party off the cliff and down a path to defeat in a desperate attempt to boost his flatlining presidential campaign.
In other words, Ted Cruz is willing to shut down the government if that is what it will take to get publicity for his presidential campaign.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/30/ted-cruz-hands-democrats-2016-victory-planned-government-shut-planned-parenthood.html