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A story out of Mason, Ohio
paints a horrifying picture of just how far Planned
Parenthood may be willing to go to attract young abortion
clients. In what prosecutors are calling "one of
the worst cases of child abuse" in Warren County,
a local man has been sentenced to five years in prison--one
for each year he molested and raped his own daughter.
The abuse could have been prevented, or at the very
least, cut short, the girl's attorney says, had Planned
Parenthood intervened when the young girl reported her
dad at the clinic where she was forced to undergo an
abortion.
Rather than help the hurting
child, lawyer Brian Hurley alleges, Planned Parenthood
preyed on the girl's vulnerability and refused to intervene
as the law requires. Instead, clinic workers performed
the procedure and sent her back with a supply of birth
control where her tormentor continued sexually assaulting
her for another year and a half. In 2006, the girl was
so terrified that her dad would also abuse her sister
that she shared her story with a high school official,
who, unlike Planned Parenthood, contacted police.
Tragically, her situation
may not be an isolated one; many others are made possible
by the government's funding of Planned Parenthood. Similar
allegations have been raised in Indiana and Kansas.
In the Sunflower State, former state attorney general
Phill Kline has obtained abortion clinic records that
appear to show a long trail of criminal neglect. Hurley
thinks stonewalling on such cases will not work, "If
we ever do get a look at all the records, it will ...show...
[Planned Parenthood] set up a system to prevent reporting
abuse. Some people roll their eyes when you bring up
abortion. Nobody rolls their eyes about abuse."
Planned Parenthood officials
in Ohio deny they have a "don't ask, don't tell"
policy about statutory rape. But read on.
Advice to Minors Causes Major Problems
for Abortion Clinics
Recently,
another employee of Planned Parenthood was caught on
tape encouraging a minor to lie about her age to get
an abortion. When a sophomore at UCLA visited a clinic
posing as a pregnant 15-year-old with a 23-year-old
boyfriend, the worker replied to her concerns about
being underage by saying, "You could say [you're]
16. Just figure out a birth date that works. And I don't
know anything."
The
video was posted on YouTube, outraging the CEO of Planned
Parenthood's California affiliates, Kathy Kneer. In
an interview, Kneer seemed upset not that the employee
was giving illegal advice to a minor, but that she was
caught. "We believe the individuals behind this
are doing this not out of motivation to protect teens,
but in fact to discredit Planned Parenthood."
That's
where Kneer is wrong. When it comes to discrediting
Planned Parenthood, the organization needs no help.
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