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"Planned Parenthood detected my breast cancer. I consider them to be pro-life...MINE"

Shannyn Moore, progressive talk show host

The Republican majority and bluedog Democrats have killed funding for Planned Parenthood. Republicans used a bogus James O'Keefe-style pimp and hooker sting videos created by Live Action. Wendy Sears Grassi, of Planned Parenthood, explained that Planned Parenthood reported strange visits to the F.B.I.

Planned Parenthood operates more than 800 health centers across the country, serving more than 3 million patients a year. Several of those clinics — in New Jersey, New York and Virginia — were the targets of undercover videos released over the past two weeks by Live Action, an anti-abortion group whose mission is to shut down Planned Parenthood. The videos show a man posing as a pimp and a woman posing as a prostitute seeking health services for underage sex workers.

Planned Parenthood immediately fired a clinic manager in New Jersey who offered advice to the visitors, but all other staff responded professionally and reported the visits to their superiors.

Planned Parenthood's national office notified the FBI before any videos were released and accused Live Action of resorting to deceptive dirty tricks. We also announced a nationwide retraining program to ensure that all clinic staff were familiar with rules about reporting possible danger to minors.

Republicans and Fox News moved on the Live Action videos before even asking if they were authentic. Which is highly debatable.