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marmar

(76,985 posts)
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 09:15 AM Oct 2015

Memo to Cecile Richards and reps of other progressive orgs: STOP APOLOGIZING WHEN YOU"RE RIGHT!




Published on Oct 13, 2015

Planned Parenthood has decided to stop taking money for fetal tissue donations. While they’ve never profited from fetal tissue donations (though the smear campaign against them has convinced many otherwise), the only type of money they’ve ever received for fetal donations was to cover transportation costs. Nonetheless, the group has decided to stop taking reimbursement for even these costs. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it will no longer accept any reimbursement for the fetal tissue it supplies to medical researchers, a move to distance itself from recent political attacks.

In a letter to the director of the National Institutes of Health, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards wrote that though reimbursement for procuring fetal tissue for research purposes is legal, she intends to “completely debunk the disingenuous argument that our opponents have been using—and to reveal the true political purpose of these attacks.””*

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/10/13/planned_parenthood_will_no_longer_accept_reimbursement_for_fetal_tissue.html



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Memo to Cecile Richards and reps of other progressive orgs: STOP APOLOGIZING WHEN YOU"RE RIGHT! (Original Post) marmar Oct 2015 OP
We're not fucking around. Young Turks! longship Oct 2015 #1
Exactly Geronimoe Oct 2015 #2
 

Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
2. Exactly
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 10:27 AM
Oct 2015

PP should have said, we comply with all laws. There is nothing we are doing worng and nothing requiring an apology. If you are unhappy with this, change the laws.

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