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Obama Administration Defends Planned Parenthood: ‘Not a lot of evidence,’ Sting Videos Obtained ‘fraudulently’

White House says it has no intention of launching investigation into fetal organ harvesting allegations

by Infowars.com | July 30, 2015

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest defended Planned Parenthood at a press conference Thursday, saying videos showing representatives explicitly discussing the alleged sale of aborted fetal tissue are “not a lot of evidence” of illegalities, and that Planned Parenthood “lives up to the highest ethical standards.”

Speaking to Fox News’ Doug McKelway, Earnest said the Obama administration has no intention of pursuing an investigation into the allegations, despite numerous calls from members of Congress to defund the abortion provider, and independent investigations launched by various state governors.

“Has the White House had any communication with Planned Parenthood about standardizing procedures for fetal tissue research? Has the White House had any concerns about illegalities in this realm? Have you had any sort of investigation, or are you considering one?” McKelway asks.

“Not that I’m aware of,” Earnest says. “I think Planned Parenthood has been quite specific about the policies and procedures that they have in place, and I know they have described those policies and procedures as living up to the highest ethical standards.”


White House Says Planned Parenthood Videos Are Fake, Cites Planned Parenthood

Blake Neff
Reporter
07/30/2015




The White House expressed its firm belief Thursday that recently-released videos attacking Planned Parenthood are “fraudulent.” Their source: Planned Parenthood.

Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, was speaking with reporters when they raised the matter of the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress which appear to show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal organs for profit, a violation of federal law. He claimed the videos were released in a “fraudulent way” with “not a lot of evidence” behind them.

“There is ample reason to think that this is merely the tried and true tactic that we’ve seen from extremists on the right to edit this video and selectively release this edited version of the video that grossly distorts the position of the person that’s actually speaking,” Earnest said. (RELATED: Planned Parenthood President: Our Critics Are Extremists)

But Earnest indicated that the reason he thought the videos were fraudulent was because, well, Planned Parenthood had told him as much. (RELATED: Hillary Calls Planned Parenthood Videos ‘Disturbing’)

“Planned Parenthood has indicated that’s exactly what occurred here,” he said. “And any review of the policy that PP says they implement indicates the views expressed in the videos, or at least the way they’re pictured on the videos, is entirely inaccurate.”

In other words, Earnest said, because the images on the videos don’t correspond to Planned Parenthood’s official policies, they must be untrue. Earnest even encouraged reporters looking for more information to simply contact Planned Parenthood.

Earnest admitted he did not know if President Obama had actually watched any of the videos.

“I do know he has been following this story in the news,” he said.

Even if Obama had not watched the videos, though, Earnest said he was sure the president would oppose any effort by Republicans to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

“The President certainly will not support another effort by Republican to try to defund an organization that offers important and needed healthcare services to women across the country.”


Planned Parenthood President Made 39 Visits To Obama’s White House Since 2009

By Brittany M. Hughes | July 31, 2015


(CNSNews.com) – Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, head of the taxpayer-subsidized abortion giant currently facing a firestorm for allegedly selling body parts harvested from aborted babies, has made personal visits to the White House 39 times since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, White House records show.

According to online records on the White House website, Richards first visited the White House on Jan. 20, 2009 -- the same day Obama first took office. Since then, Richards has met with Obama alone at least three times and First Lady Michelle Obama at least twice. She also met with president and his wife together another four times.

Richards also met four times with David Plouffe, Obama’s senior adviser from 2011 to 2013. Following Plouffe’s resignation in 2013, Richards met with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett five times between mid-2012 and the beginning of 2014.

Since 2009, logs show Richards has also met the following White House officials: former White House Chief of Staff William Daley; Obama’s former Senior Advisor for Strategy and Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls and FLOTUS Chief of Staff Tina Tchen; Domestic Policy Council Director Cecelia Muñoz; Obama’s Senior Counsel Christopher Kang; Director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach David Simas; Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan; and current Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.

Richards also attended Obama’s second inaugural reception on Jan. 20, 2013.

White House logs show Richards visiting the White House four times in 2009, twice in 2010, seven times in 2011, six times in 2012, 13 times in 2013 and four times in 2014. So far this year, Richards has logged two visits at the White House, most recently on Jan. 8.

Several visits were logged under the name “Cecile A. Richards,” presumably using Richards’ married surname “Adams” as a middle initial. Others were recorded under “Cecile L. Richards,” alluding to her given middle name, Lynn.

A series of recentlyreleased videos by the conservative pro-life group Center for Medical Progress appear to show Planned Parenthood officials and employees haggling over the sale of body parts harvested from aborted babies. While federal law expressly forbids the sale of human and fetal tissue or profit, Richards has repeatedly denied claims that the embattled organization is actually making money off the sale of the tiny human remains.

In two of the four videos, Planned Parenthood employees can be seen on hidden camera shifting through the organs of aborted children spread out in a large petri dish while debating compensation for various parts.

In 2014 alone, Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, received $528.4 million in taxpayer funding, according to its 2014 annual financial report. That year, the organization performed 327,653 abortions.

Planned Parenthood’s annual reports can usually be found on the organization’s website at plannedparenthood.org. However, users trying to access the siteThursday were greeted with the message, “Our site is not available due to an attack by extremists.”

A second message on the page read: “200,000 people a day are now being blocked from information and care by this attack.”

A link on the site redirected viewers to Planned Parenthood’s Facebook page, which featured a request for donations to “fight back” against pro-life attacks.

Planned Parenthood later took to Twitter to blame the site crash on “extremist” hackers.” As of 3:30 p.m., the website simply stated, “Our website is currently undergoing maintenance.”