Secret videos of Planned Parenthood create firestorms

Planned Parenthood has found itself in the middle of another firestorm. Newly released, secretly obtained videos showing officials negotiating to sell fetal tissue have gone viral.

The Hill reports one video, shot without permission by The Center for Medical Progress, features Planned Parenthood official Dr. Mary Gatter negotiating the sale of aborted fetal tissue. In the other video, the senior director of medical services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, was filmed discussing the uses of fetal organs during a meal.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards apologized for the “tone and statements” heard in the videos. The group maintains, however, that the business being done was a legitimate search to cover profits, and re-emphasized the importance of fetal tissue for research.

The group also released attack points on the company responsible for the filming, The Center for Medical Progress.

Politicians are split on the issue. Many supporters of Planned Parenthood are calling the secret filming of the group “harassment.” Claiming no federal laws were broken, they are afraid the public relations blow will affect the funding of the group, which supplies health care to millions of women nationwide.

On the other hand, anti-abortion supporters are calling for the organization’s closure. They call the attitudes in the videos appalling and a “window into the soul of big abortion business.”

At least 8 states have launched probes into Planned Parenthood.

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