Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
Tuesday brought with it a devastating news cycle. Video footage showed a Planned Parenthood doctor munching on salad, sipping red wine, casually chatting about harvesting baby hearts and livers for cash.
Towards the end of the video footage, the undercover videographers approach Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards (Daughter of Former Texas Governor Ann Richards), identifying themselves as employees of an organ harvesting organization. Richards says of the baby part harvesting abortion doctor, “she’s amazing.”
Since the horrifying footage was released, Planned Parenthood claimed the video was “heavily edited,” and “falsely portrays Planned Parenthood’s participation in tissue donation programs.”
Richards personally sounded off on Twitter defending Planned Parenthood and also quoting Jane Austen.
We decided to take a cursory look at those Richards supports and those that support Richards’ work. This list is by no means exhaustive.
Hillary Clinton
BREAKING: The glass ceiling. Welcome to the 2016 field, @HillaryClinton. We’re glad you’re here. pic.twitter.com/cjDrH0F9oT
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) April 12, 2015
.@HillaryClinton: ✔️ Stands with PP ✔️ Has fought for women & girls ✔️ Will keep abortion safe & legal pic.twitter.com/Ry1KLjjuSc
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) April 12, 2015
Senator John Tester, (D-Montana)
Great to meet with @CecileRichards & future leaders of @PPFA to talk about the importance of women’s health. #mtpol pic.twitter.com/bvdNXtXH8H
— Senator Jon Tester (@SenatorTester) July 9, 2015
Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown Prof, Author, NY Times Contributing Opinion Writer, MSNBC Political Analyst
@CecileRichards Great to meet you today! Keep up the great and invaluable work that you and your team of folk are doing around the nation!
— Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) September 27, 2014
Rep. Scott Peters (D – California)
Great to meet @CecileRichards. Talked about @PPact & @pppswaction work and protecting women’s healthcare & rights. pic.twitter.com/bJiCtZXaIq
— Rep. Scott Peters (@RepScottPeters) July 31, 2013
Senator Kirsten Gilibrand (D – New York)
@CecileRichards great to meet w/you today. Thank you for all yr hard work fighting for women’s reproductive rights. We have much work to do.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) January 31, 2011
The fail that was (is?) Battleground Texas
Austin, want to #StandWithSadie and meet @CecileRichards all at once? Head to the Capitol at 4 p.m.! http://t.co/lRzifCuQHz
— Battleground Texas (@BGTX) June 20, 2015
Senator Patty Murray (D – Washington)
Folks, meet the Affordability IS Access Act. #BetterBCAccesspic.twitter.com/AMXbbYrcsK
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) June 9, 2015
Rep. Sarah Davis (D – Texas)
Meet Rep. Sarah Davis: a TX Republican taking a bold stand for reproductive health.http://t.co/BYArRhdHMD
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 13, 2015
Annette Taddeo, Christ’s former running mate, now Congressional Candidate (D – Florida)
Meet the next Lieutenant Governor of FL, @Annette_Taddeo– she and @CharlieCrist are ready to go to work for women!pic.twitter.com/EFE0T5fI5q
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) October 9, 2014
Curt, when I first watched this video, I thought, there is no way that the progressive left can spin this positively, nor can it defend it. It’s impossible to do.
I was supremely wrong. Wrong. The socialists have come to the defence of this butchery with feigned conviction. We exist in different universes.
Watching this leaves you speechless.
I just can’t get over the matter of fact conversation.
It is really disturbing to hear those who are now actually “defending” this…its even more disturbing to know I share space with people who casually flip this off…
After watching this, I thought about the push a few years ago for stem cell research…could that have been a ‘cover’ for this ghoulish enterprise? And how about most recently the new push for late term abortions??
How “deep” (in a political sense) does this go…since this is such a hot topic with democrats/liberals being “for” abortion.
How can people get so duped by an argument over “it’s a women’s right…and her body” this argument is to me, now even more suspect.
Thank God for the Conservative people in this country who never give up asking common sense questions, who doubt, who suspect things are not right, who dig for answers, and in this case particularly, expose Lies people are being Fed.
This issue solely lies in the lap of the Democrats and Liberals…(the never ending voice of abortion and the resulting meme — it’s only a blob of tissue). Not no more!
Anyone who has ever supported abortion and the party that supports it, should be ashamed of themselves.
Sadly, we will find out they are not ashamed. We will be subject to the excuses, Lies, justifications, the finger pointing…the BLAME which will ensue over the following days, weeks, and months…
We need a new word besides hypocrisy; that no longer describes the left.