>From SLATE: Planned Parenthood Punk'd by Anti-Abortion Group
What do you do when you hate Planned Parenthood? In the case of anti-abortion group Live Action, you send actors posing as a pimp and a prostitute around to clinics and secretly videotape it à la James O'Keefe. On Tuesday, the group released the results of its "expose": a video that shows a Planned Parenthood employee in New Jersey telling the pretend pimp how to access abortions for his 14-year-old prostitutes fresh from over the border. According to the Washington Post, Planned Parenthood says that while its employee may have violated the organization's policies during the Jan. 13 visit, Live Action's ACORN-style sting is part of a misleading smear campaign. Anti-abortion activists say the video will strengthen their case against federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which receives millions each year to advise poor people on how to avoid getting knocked up. Read original story in The Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/01/AR2011020106135.html] | Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 someone should pull this kind of trick on some right-wing organization, though usually right-wing preachers do it to themselves (e.g., Jim Bakker). -- Jim Devine / "Living a life of quiet desperation -- but always with style!" _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
