GOP Pols Condemning Planned Parenthood Supported Fetal Tissue Donation
LatestRecently Planned Parenthood has been entangled in what their president Cecile Richards refers to as a “smear campaign.” Accused of selling fetal parts by way of highly suspect videos from anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress, Congress has initiated investigations into the organization. Yet some of those howling loudest once pushed for fetal tissue donation.
In the July 27 edition of MSNBC’s NOW With Alex Wagner, Jess McIntosh, Communications Director of Emily’s List, argues that this moralistic about face stems from the “embarrassing [Republican] presidential primary.” With a ludicrous frontrunner like Donald Trump, the GOP needs “a thing” — that is to say, a seductive target for moral outrage.
And unfortunately, Republican Congress has plenty of fodder. The Center for Medical Progress released a third graphic video on July 28 and threatens to make public roughly 10 more in the coming weeks and months. Word on the street is that some of this “footage” will incorporate racialized components. McIntosh nonetheless asserts that the GOP’s attack on Planned Parenthood does not inhere any meaningful effort to win black votes.