Republican leaders in Congress and in the 2016 GOP presidential field are calling for an investigation into Planned Parenthood in the aftermath of a video that's been burning up conservative politics.More.
On Tuesday, the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion advocacy group, released a video purporting to show a Planned Parenthood doctor admitting to the sale of fetal tissue and organs, which is a federal crime.
On Wednesday, both House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy called for an investigation into Planned Parenthood.
"I speak for all of my colleagues when I say I was deeply disturbed by reports and video of an organization engaging in such grotesque and inhumane practices," McCarthy said in a statement. "I will be working with House committees to investigate the claims made by the employee. We should all agree that no life is expendable, and our society has no place for such callous indifference to life."
"When an organization monetizes an unborn child—and with the cavalier attitude portrayed in this horrific video—we must all act," Boehner said in his statement. "As a start, I have asked our relevant committees to look into this matter. I am also calling on President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to denounce, and stop, these gruesome practices."
Early Wednesday afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced it had already gotten the ball rolling on an investigation.
"This video is abhorrent and rips at the heart. The committee will get to the bottom of this appalling situation," said committee leaders in a press release.
The House Judiciary Committee soon followed suit.
Committee members "have been committed to the preservation of human life, including the lives of unborn children," chairman Bob Goodlatte announced in a press release. "We will continue to fight for the rights of the unborn."
In the edited video, two actors posed as employees from a biotech firm interested in obtaining fetal tissue. They spoke with Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood's senior director of medical services, over salad and glasses of wine. At one point in the video, one of the actors seems to ask Nucatola about how Planned Parenthood determines the "monetary" value of tissue donations, and the "price range" of such donations.
"You know, I'm—I could throw a number out that's anywhere from $30 to $100 depending on the facility, and what's involved," Nucatola replies...
PREVIOUSLY: "Dr. Deborah Nucatola Twitter Page Deleted After Organ Harvesting Comments Caught on Investigative Video," and "Planned Parenthood Sells Fetal Organs Harvested from Babies Murdered by Abortion (VIDEO)."
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