Planned Parenthood Getting In Front of Next Round of Sting Video Disclosures: Um, There Might Be Some Racially-Charged Material

I don't know if that is a fake raising of expectations -- remember that Clintonistas put out word that Clinton had become purple with rage at his Lewinsky deposition, so that when people saw he had barely become agitated, they said "meh" -- or if they're really preparing their troops for the possibility they might have to defend on these grounds.

Wouldn't that just be fulfilling their historic mission, though?

When you see the heavy, heavy editorializing in the below, do make note that this comes from Planned Parenthood's public relations firm, MSNBC:

Planned Parenthood, under fire for a heavily-edited video suggesting the organization violated federal law in facilitating the donation of fetal tissue, says it believes future videos may make racially-charged claims....

The new information was disclosed in a letter from Planned Parenthood's senior counsel, Roger Evans, in response to a request from a congressional committee that the doctor depicted in the video appear there for questioning. The Center for Medical Progress, a group that appears to have been formed for the sole purpose of secretly recording Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, has said it plans to release a video a week.

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Abortion opponents have tried for decades to accuse abortion providers, particularly Planned Parenthood, of being motivated by racism, citing founder Margaret Sanger;s early-20th century alliance with eugenicists and claiming, falsely, that abortion clinics are disproportionately clustered in neighborhoods where African-Americans live. Evans wrote that Planned Parenthood believes that "in at least one interaction at a Planned Parenthood facility, the Biomax representative asked questions about the racial characteristics of tissue donated to researchers studying sickle cell anemia, apparently seeking to create a misleading impression."

Well, we'll have to wait and see if the impression is misleading or not.

posted by Ace at 07:19 PM

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