{"id":17964,"date":"2015-07-16T01:49:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17964"},"modified":"2015-07-16T01:49:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:49:44","slug":"planned-parenthood-in-the-budget-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17964","title":{"rendered":"PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN THE BUDGET CROSSHAIRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u2018DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD\u2019 MOVEMENT SWEEPING NATION<\/h2>\n<h3>Sickening video &#8220;should renew efforts to fully defund Planned Parenthood,&#8221; says Sen. Ted Cruz<\/h3>\n<p><i>by<\/i> KIT DANIELS | INFOWARS.COM<\/p>\n<h4>A massive movement to defund Planned Parenthood is sweeping the country in response to a video showing the group\u2019s Senior Director of Medical Services explaining how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/caught-on-tape-planned-parenthood-doctor-admits-to-selling-aborted-baby-body-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planned Parenthood harvests aborted baby organs for profit<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>The movement has attracted the support of several Republican presidential candidates, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who called the video \u201csickening.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place for taxpayer funding of organizations that profit from taking away innocent life, much less profiting off the bodies of the lives they have stolen,\u201d he wrote in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/?p=press_release&amp;id=2377\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>. \u201cCongress should immediately begin an investigation of Planned Parenthood\u2019s activities regarding the sale and transfer of aborted body parts, including who is obtaining them and what they are being used for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it should renew efforts to fully defund Planned Parenthood to ensure that its morally bankrupt business receives not one penny of taxpayer money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) echoed a similar sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for pro-lifers to take a stand,\u201d he stated in a campaign e-mail to supporters. \u201cIt\u2019s time to defund Planned Parenthood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjxwVuozMnU\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The now-viral video, released by the pro-life Center for Medical Progress, shows Planned Parenthood\u2019s Senior Director of Medical Services Dr. Deborah Nucatola sipping a glass of wine while casually saying she charges $30 to $100 for fetal \u201cspecimens,\u201d adding that \u201ca lot of people want intact hearts these days\u201d as well as lungs and \u201clower extremities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we\u2019ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I\u2019m not gonna crush that part, I\u2019m going to basically crush below, I\u2019m gonna crush above, and I\u2019m gonna see if I can get it all intact,\u201d she said, describing how Planned Parenthood alters its abortion procedures to harvest the organs highest in demand.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD\u2019 MOVEMENT SWEEPING NATION Sickening video &#8220;should renew efforts to fully defund Planned Parenthood,&#8221; says Sen. 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