Evidence
of
Counseling Abuse at Planned Parenthood Continues to Surface in
Undercover Student Video
APPLETON, Wisc. - New undercover footage from an Appleton, WI Planned
Parenthood abortion clinic shows clinic staff, including the abortion
doctor, lying to two young women about fetal development and
encouraging the one who is pregnant to obtain an abortion because
"women die having babies."
In the undercover video, when the two women ask a Planned Parenthood
counselor if the pregnant woman's 10-week-old unborn child has a heart
beat, the counselor emphasizes "heart tones," and answers, "Heart beat
is when the fetus is active in the uterus--can survive--which is about
seventeen or eighteen weeks." On the contrary, embryologists agree that
the heartbeat begins around 3 weeks. Wisconsin informed consent law
requires that women receive medically accurate information before
undergoing an abortion.
The counselor then says, "A fetus is what's in the uterus right now.
That is not a baby." Dr. Polhaska, the abortion doctor, insists, "It's
not a baby at this stage or anything like that." Polhaska also states
that having an abortion will be "much safer than having a baby,"
warning, "You know, women die having babies."
The video comes one month after the widely reported resignation of
Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson. Johnson left her
leadership position at Planned Parenthood in Bryan, TX after watching a
13-week old fetus being aborted in her clinic on ultrasound. She said
during a recent interview, "Planned Parenthood really tries to instill
in their employees and the women that are coming in for abortions that
this is not a baby." In another interview, she noted, "They don't want
to talk about when your baby has a heartbeat," because "they don't want
to give the woman information that could give her a connection with her
baby."
The investigation is organized by Live Action, a nonprofit student
group. Lila Rose, the 21-year-old UCLA student and Live Action
president, says medical lies and manipulative counseling are routine at
Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain.
"They will do or say anything in order to sell more abortions to more
women, whether it is covering up sexual abuse or lying to women about
medical facts," says Rose. "Our team has visited dozens of Planned
Parenthood clinics undercover. Planned Parenthood, while claiming to
support patient self-determination, operates with an 'abortion-first
mentality.'"
The video is the first in Live Action's "Rosa Acuna Project," a
multi-state undercover audit documenting Planned Parenthood's abortion
counseling. Planned Parenthood has come under fire in recent months
after Live Action's investigations found them willing to conceal sexual
abuse and accept donations targeted to abort African-Americans only.
Videos of abuse cover-up prompted state investigations of Planned
Parenthood and diversion of the abortion giant's public subsidies.
"Planned Parenthood is a billion-dollar organization with nearly $350
million of government funding, and stands to gain hundreds of millions
more from national health care," says Rose. "Do we really want to
subsidize an organization that gives women in need atrocious
misinformation and predatory abortion practices?"
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Contact: Lila Rose
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Date: December 9, 2009
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