House and Senate Republicans are excited to be able to attack a woman’s right to choose and birth control again now that they think they got that whole pesky “legitimate rape” thing out of the way.

But as the ghost of Todd Akin still roams the hill they are aligning themselves with a whole new group of extremists – including those who condone violence against doctors and clinics – that are also supporting the political hit job on Planned Parenthood.

As Congress continues down this extreme anti-choice path they are likely to be looking back at the further damage they have done to their standing with women and wish they had found a way to shut this whole thing down.

Politico — Republicans have sought to use the videos to revive the debate over abortion, which has been largely dormant since former Rep. Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments derailed his 2012 bid for a Senate seat.

CMP Board Member Troy Newman Is An Anti-Choice Extremist

Troy Newman Was A Board Member Of The Center For Medical Progress. According to Christian Newswire, “Operation Rescue President Troy Newman serves on the Board of Daleiden’s Center for Medical Progress. During this investigation, Newman advised Daleiden, providing consultation services and material support.” [Christian Newswire, 7/14/15]

Newman Has Long Had An Agenda To Target Womens’ Health Workers Through Electronic Media

Newman “Explained To A Group Of Activists Gathered In A Downtown Holiday Inn That A Basic Method Of Shutting Down Clinics Is To ‘Collect Dirt’ On Them And Then Disseminate The Information.” According to the bookThe Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon Shields, “Troy Newman explained to a group of activists gathered in a downtown Holiday Inn that a basic method of shutting down clinics is to ‘collect dirt’ on them and then disseminate the information. The first step involves significant research, including the acquisition of knowledge about zoning laws and codes on medical waste as well as any lawsuits or health department violations that have been filed against the abortion provider. Then, he said, this information should be brought to the attention of public officials, local media, and women entering the clinic.” [The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, 2/22/09]

Operation Rescue Said Troy Newman Came Up With A Plan To “Document The Abuses” Of Abortion Clinics, “Expose Them To The Public, And Report Them To The Proper Authorities.” According to a post on Operation Rescue, “Over the years, it became obvious that there were few, if any abortion clinics that did not break the law. Newman knew that if he could document the abuses, expose them to the public, and report them to the proper authorities, it would be the abortionists that would be soon sitting behind bars. Newman was among the first to recognize the power of electronic media to reach millions of people with information that before was not possible.” [Operationrescue.org, accessed 7/15/15]

Newman Holds Extreme Views On Abortion And Womens’ Health Workers

Newman Shouted At A Clinic Director: “You’re A Profiteer On The Blood Of Babies, Sally… You’re Going To Go Down History With The Slave Owners And Nazis.” According to the book The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon Shields, “Outside the Hope Clinic for Women, Troy Newman, the director of ORW, showed the ropes to local activists interested in ORW’s methods. Newman yelled at the clinic director, Sally Burgess, ‘Sally, we’re going to expose you in your neighborhood if you don’t stop taking blood money!’ He then added, ‘You’re a profiteer on the blood of babies, Sally’ and ‘You’re going to go down in history with the slave owners and Nazis.’” [The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, 2/22/09]

Newman Compared Workers At Abortion Clinics To Nazi Concentration Camp Doctor Josef Mengele And Said Banks Shouldn’t Take Their “Blood Money.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “‘If Josef Mengele came into a bank saying, ‘Here are a few gold teeth I ripped out of the Jews before I gassed them,’ the bank would be horrified. They’d say, ‘I’m not taking your blood money.’ That’s the picture of abortionists that we have to paint,’ [Troy] Newman said.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/17/04]

July 2015: Troy Newman Spoke On VCY America’s “Crosstalk” Program And Said “Terrible Weather Patterns… Our Economic Clout Has Been Taken Away… The Stock Market Is Artificially Inflated…” Were God’s Judgement Against America For Abortion. According to an interview with Troy Newman on VCY America’s “Crosstalk” Program captured by Right Wing Watch, “Operation Rescue’s Troy Newman joined Jim Schneider on VCY America’s ‘Crosstalk’ program last week to discuss his efforts to shut down abortion providers, who he said are bringing God’s judgment down on America. When a caller asked about God’s judgment for legal abortion, Newman responded that God doesn’t always make His displeasure known with ‘some sort of cataclysmic judgment, like the Flood’ but often comes ‘one step at a time, one small step until the people groan so heavily and they return back to God and then they’re slowly restored.’ ‘If you look at what’s going on in America….we’ve had some terrible weather patterns lately, our economic clout has been taken away, the stock market is artificially inflated, there’s a lot of people that are predicting collapse there, the dollar is a fiat currency, is on shaky ground, our moral decay, our morals have decayed so far, the attack on Christians and people of faith,’ he said.” [Right Wing Watch, 7/14/15]

Newman Has Sympathized That Murdering Womens’ Health Doctors Can Be Justified Under The Law

According to a press release from Operation Rescue West, “There are many examples where taking the life in defense of innocent human beings is legally justified and permissible under the law. Paul Hill should have been given the opportunity to defend himself with the defense of his choosing in a court of law. Because he was denied this right, the full truth and motivations behind Hill’s actions were kept hidden from the jury. If Paul Hill’s life can be taken by the state without the full advantage of the protections afforded him by due process simply because of the unpopularity of his views, then we have to wonder who is next? No one is safe from being denied a defense by an out-of-control and biased judicial system. Execution under these circumstances is nothing less than murder of a political prisoner.” [Operation Rescue West Press Release, 9/3/03]

Newman “Reported That He Shows Up At Dr. Tiller’s Home On Major Holidays, Such As Christmas And Easter.” According to the book The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon Shields, “[Troy] Newman especially likes to catch abortion providers precisely when they feel most protected from public scrutiny. Newman reported that he shows up at Dr. Tiller’s home on major holidays, such as Christmas and Easter.” [The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, 2/22/09]

Newman’s Operation Rescue West Said Paul Jennings Hill’s Murder Of A Doctor Who Provided Abortions Was “Necessary To Save The Lives Of The Pre-Born Babies That Were Scheduled To Be Killed By Abortion That Day.” According to a press release from Operation Rescue West, “Paul Jennings Hill is scheduled to die by lethal injection today in the state of Florida for the murder of a Pensacola abortionist and his security guard in 1994. The following is a joint statement released by Operation Rescue West and the California Life Coalition regarding today’s execution: ‘Today’s scheduled execution of Paul Hill is not justice, but is another example of the judicial tyranny that is gripping our nation. A Florida judge denied Rev. Hill his right to present a defense that claimed that the killing of the abortionist was necessary to save the lives of the pre-born babies that were scheduled to be killed by abortion that day. Our system of justice is based upon ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ but in Rev. Hill’s case, there was no justice because the court prevented him from presenting the legal defense that his conduct was justifiable defensive action.’” [Operation Rescue West Press Release, 9/3/03]

Operation Rescue West Press Release: Paul Jennings Hill’s Murder Of A Doctor Who Provided Abortions Was A “Justifiable Defensive Action.” According to a press release from Operation Rescue West, “Paul Jennings Hill is scheduled to die by lethal injection today in the state of Florida for the murder of a Pensacola abortionist and his security guard in 1994. The following is a joint statement released by Operation Rescue West and the California Life Coalition regarding today’s execution: ‘Today’s scheduled execution of Paul Hill is not justice, but is another example of the judicial tyranny that is gripping our nation. A Florida judge denied Rev. Hill his right to present a defense that claimed that the killing of the abortionist was necessary to save the lives of the pre-born babies that were scheduled to be killed by abortion that day. Our system of justice is based upon ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ but in Rev. Hill’s case, there was no justice because the court prevented him from presenting the legal defense that his conduct was justifiable defensive action.’” [Operation Rescue West Press Release, 9/3/03]

Newman Said Of Hill That He Did “Not Endorse His Form Of Protest And… Certainly, 100 Percent Do Not Want To See His Actions Repeated” But Said He Didn’t Receive A Fair Trial Because He “Was Unable To Delve Into His Antiabortion Sentiments.” According to the St. Petersburg Times, “‘I do not want to see Rev. Hill as a martyr and as an example for other prolife volunteers,’ said Troy Newman, a San Diego, Calif. antiabortion activist and head of Operation Rescue West. ‘Because I do not endorse his form of protest and I certainly, 100 percent do not want to see his actions repeated.’ Newman and Joe Scheidler, national director of the Pro-Life Action League, as well as Catholic Conference representatives and death penalty opponents, want Gov. Jeb Bush to stop Hill’s execution. They had different reasons. Newman and Scheidler, for example, didn’t think Hill got a fair trial because he was unable to delve into his antiabortion sentiments while defending himself for killing Britton, 69, and Barrett, 74, and injuring Barrett’s wife, June. Hill acted as his own attorney and has always said he wants to die for the cause.” [St. Petersburg Times, 8/26/03]

Through Protests And Stalking, Newman Wanted To Make Womens’ Health Care Workers Lives “Uncomfortable” And “Inhospitable”

Newman Went “Through Clinic Workers’ Trash To Figure Out Where They Do Business” And Trailed “Them At A Distance To Learn Their Routines.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “Bent on more aggressive confrontation, Troy Newman, president of the antiabortion group Operation Rescue West, moved his family here from Southern California two years ago. He then persuaded half a dozen like-minded friends to join him. […]Newman will pick through clinic workers’ trash to figure out where they do business; he’ll trail them at a distance to learn their routines.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/17/04]

Newman’s “Goal Is Not Just To Make” Clinic Workers’ “Lives Uncomfortable. He Wants To Unsettle And Disgust Their Friends And Associates.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “His [Troy Newman’s] goal is not just to make their lives uncomfortable. He wants to unsettle and disgust their friends and associates, so their hairstylists and their pharmacists, even their neighbors, make it clear they’re not welcome in Wichita.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/17/04]

Newman’s Goal Was To Create “An Atmosphere So Inhospitable That No Nurse Or Doctor Or Secretary Can Bear It.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “He [Troy Newman] wants the abortions to stop, first in Wichita, then in cities across America. He insists it can happen if he creates an atmosphere so intolerant that no nurse or doctor or secretary can bear it.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/17/04]

Asked If Their Protests “Could Provoke Extremist Wrath,” A Member Of Newman’s Staff “Fell Silent” Then Said “It Is Very Inflammatory.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “Asked if the protests could provoke extremist wrath, Michele Herzog, an Operation Rescue West staff member, fell silent. ‘It is very inflammatory,’ she said.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/17/04]

Newman’s Operation Rescue Colleague Cheryl Sullenger Is An Anti-Choice Extremist Who Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Bomb An Abortion Clinic And Was Tied To Dr. George Tiller’s Murderer

Cheryl Sullenger Was Senior Policy Advisor At Operation Rescue. According to a bio from Operation Rescue, “In 2003, Sullenger relocated to Wichita, Kansas, where she serves as Senior Policy Advisor to Operation Rescue. Sullenger conducted extensive research on abortionists around the nation. Her research and documentation has helped bring attention to the seedy underbelly of the abortion industry and has been instrumental in launching investigations and bringing disciplinary action against abortionists around the country.” [OperationRescue.org, accessed 7/21/15]

• Sullenger Focused On Bringing “Attention To The Seedy Underbelly Of The Abortion Industry And Has Been Instrumental In Launching Investigations… Against Abortionists Around The Country.” According to a bio from Operation Rescue, “In 2003, Sullenger relocated to Wichita, Kansas, where she serves as Senior Policy Advisor to Operation Rescue. Sullenger conducted extensive research on abortionists around the nation. Her research and documentation has helped bring attention to the seedy underbelly of the abortion industry and has been instrumental in launching investigations and bringing disciplinary action against abortionists around the country.” [OperationRescue.org, accessed 7/21/15]

Cheryl Sullenger Tweet, May 29, 2015: “New Video: Abortionists Worship Satan (From Infowars.Com)” [Cheryl Sullenger – Twitter, 8/5/14]

Sullenger’s LinkedIn Groups Include “Exposing: AGENDA 21” And “Americans For Prosperity.” [Cheryl Sullenger – LinkedIn, accessed 7/21/15]

• LinkedIn’s “Exposing: AGENDA 21” Group Profile: “Do You Like To Garden? Do You Take Vitamins? … Have You Considered A Garage Sale At Your Home? Well, All Of The Above Are Being Criminalized” By “Agenda 21.” According to Exposing: AGENDA 21 on LinkedIn, “Do you like to garden? Do you take vitamins? Would you like for your young children to be able to set up a lemonade stand in the summer? Have you considered a garage sale at your home? Well, all of the above are being criminalized. AGENDA 21 signed in 1992 by President George H W Bush in Rio has and is lowering our standard of living. This was the intention! Do you hear these buzz words daily: Sustainable Development, Smart Growth, Re-Wilding …… All these words come from the United Nations – Agenda 21 playbook. It will require you to surrender all your freedoms just to survive in this manufactured disaster. Do you enjoy your car? This too will be an evil instrument, not Smart or Sustainable and must be eliminated. Walk, bike or ride the bus is the ultimate Agenda 21 solution.” [Exposing: AGENDA 21 – LinkedIn, accessed 7/21/15]

Cheryl Sullenger Tweet, August 5, 2014: “If Abortionists Are Frightened b/c Of ‘Violence’ Yrs Ago, Shouldn’t Women Be Afraid Of Ab Mills That Have Killed 100s Or 1000s Of Women?” [Cheryl Sullenger – Twitter, 8/5/14]

Ties To Troy Newman

Sullenger Co-Authored Two Books With Troy Newman. According to a bio from Operation Rescue, “Sullenger is an accomplished writer and published author and editoralist. She co-authored Their Blood Cries Out! and Abortion Free with Newman, and has also written a number of other educational publications. She and her husband, Randall, have been married for 35 years, have two married daughters, and eight beautiful grandchildren.” [OperationRescue.org, accessed7/21/15]

Sullenger Founded And Directed The California Life Coalition. According to a bio from Operation Rescue, “Cheryl Sullenger has been involved in the pro-life movement since 1984. She founded and directed the California Life Coalition in San Diego and worked with Troy Newman and Operation Rescue to help close over a dozen abortion clinics and influence over 40 abortionists to quit the abortion business.” [OperationRescue.org, accessed 7/21/15]

• The California Life Coalition Worked With Troy Newman’s Operation Rescue West To Shut Down 18 Abortion Clinics In California. According to the book The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon Shields, “Although the rescue movement is largely history, the most vital remnant of the movement can be found in Wichita, Kansas, where Troy Newman and his staff at Operation Rescue West have learned to adapt to the new federal restrictions. […] Operation Rescue West is devoted to shutting down abortion clinics largely by harassing abortion providers. After moving operations from San Diego, where Operation Rescue West closed eighteen abortion clinics in collaboration with the now-defunct California Life Coalition, Newman and his staff have set their sights on what is easily regarded as the most infamous abortion clinic in pro-life circles.” [The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, 2/22/09]

Conspiracy To Bomb A Clinic

Sullenger “Was Charged And Pled Guilty To Conspiracy To Damage An Abortion Clinic” In 1987 And Served Two Years In Federal Prison. According to a bio from Operation Rescue, “In a 1987 act she now regrets, Sullenger was charged and pled guilty to conspiracy to damage an abortion clinic. Even though the clinic was not damaged, Sullenger took responsibility for her actions, and served 2 years in Federal Prison.” [OperationRescue.org, accessed 7/21/15]

• The Archived Version Of The Operation Rescue Website Shows This Mea Culpa Was Added Between September 22, 2010 And October 23, 2010; Prior Bios Made No Mention Of The Conviction. [OperationRescue.org viaarchive.org, 9/22/10 & 10/23/10]

The Sullengers Were “The First … To Be Sentenced For Their Part In The Attempted Bombing Of The Family Planning Associates Medical Group. The Gasoline Bomb Failed To Go Off When The Wind Blew Out The Fuse.”According to the Los Angeles Times, “The Sullengers are the first of eight members of the fundamentalist Bible Missionary Fellowship in Santee to be sentenced for their part in the attempted bombing of the Family Planning Associates Medical Group on July 27. The gasoline bomb failed to go off when wind blew out the fuse.” [Los Angeles Times, 5/6/88]

Sullenger’s Attorney Argued She Was “‘Compelled And Constrained’ By Her Religious Beliefs To Act Against Abortion, Even If The Actions Were Illegal.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “Cheryl Sullenger’s attorney, Lloyd Tooks, argued that his client was ‘compelled and constrained’ by her religious beliefs to act against abortion, even if the actions were illegal.” [Los Angeles Times, 5/6/88]

Los Angeles Times: “The Indictment Says She Procured Gunpowder And Other Material For The Bomb, Then Gave” A Co-Conspirator “A Wig To Wear As A Disguise In The Plot.” According to the Los Angeles Times, “Cheryl Sullenger’s attorney, Lloyd Tooks, argued that his client was ‘compelled and constrained’ by her religious beliefs to act against abortion, even if the actions were illegal. The indictment says she procured gunpowder and other material for the bomb, then gave [Eric] Svelmoe a wig to wear as a disguise in the plot.” [Los Angeles Times, 5/6/88]

Ties To Murder Of Dr. George Tiller

Rachel Maddow: “Dr. Tiller’s Alleged Assassin, Scott Roeder, Was In Contact With The Extreme Anti-Abortion Group Operation Rescue In The Months Leading Up To Dr. Tiller’s Murder.” According to a segment from the Rachel Maddow Show, “Today, confirmation that Dr. Tiller’s alleged assassin, Scott Roeder, was in contact with the extreme anti-abortion group Operation Rescue in the months leading up to Dr. Tiller’s murder.” [Maddow Show via RH Reality Check, accessed 7/21/15]

• Maddow: “Ms. Sullenger Has Now Admitted That She Did, In Fact, Have Multiple Phone Conversations With Scott Roeder Before Dr. Tiller Was Killed. Those Conversations Were About Dr. Tiller.” According to a segment on from the Rachel Maddow Show, “Ms. [Cheryl] Sullenger has now admitted that she did, in fact, have multiple phone conversations with Scott Roeder before Dr. Tiller was killed. Those conversations were about Dr. Tiller.” [Maddow Show via RH Reality Check, accessed 7/21/15]

Roeder Had Sullenger’s Phone Number Written On A Sheet Of Paper In His Car. According to The Pitch, “KMBC Channel 9 captured this shot of a phone number to anti-abortion group Operation Rescue inside the car of Scott Roeder, the man suspected of shooting and killing Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller Sunday morning at a Wichita church. The phone number is written on an envelope with the name ‘Cheryl’ and ‘Op Rescue.’ Cheryl is Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue’s senior policy adviser, who in 1988 was convicted of conspiring to bomb a California abortion clinic.” [The Pitch, 6/1/09]

Cheryl Sullenger Tweet Regarding Newspaper Headline “Tiller Fund To Help Kansas Women”: “Tiller Was No Saint. This Is Blood Money!” [Cheryl Sullenger – Twitter, 8/5/14]

Roeder “Made A Point” Of Attending George Tiller’s Trial In 2009; He Was Given The Information On Court Dates By Sullenger. According to the Kansas City Star, “When Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller stood trial in March on charges he violated state law in providing late-term abortions, the man now accused of killing him made a point of attending the hearings. […]She said Roeder’s interest was in court hearings involving Tiller. ‘He would call and say, ‘When does court start? When’s the next hearing?’’ [Cheryl] Sullenger said. ‘I was polite enough to give him the information. I had no reason not to. Who knew? Who knew, you know what I mean?’” [Kansas City Star, 6/3/09]

Roeder Murdered George Tiller In His Church. According to the Kansas City Star, “Now, Roeder will face his own charges inside the same courthouse. Prosecutors say the 51-year-old man from a Kansas City suburb walked into Tiller’s church Sunday morning while the doctor was serving as an usher and shot him once in the face. District Attorney Nola Foulston said [Scott] Roeder was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, not capital murder, because Tiller’s killing didn’t meet any of the criteria required in Kansas. Capital murder charges allow for the death penalty; first-degree murder can carry a life sentence.”

• Operation Rescue Posted The Address Of Tiller’s Home And Church Online. According to a segment from the Rachel Maddow Show, “Operation Rescue maintained and still maintains something that they call ‘Tiller Watch’ on their website. Allies of Dr. Tiller in Kansas say that until recently Operation Rescue also posted online the doctor’s real home address and the address of his church, which of course is where Dr. Tiller was ultimately murdered this weekend, allegedly by Scott Roeder.” [Maddow Show via RH Reality Check, accessed 7/21/15]

• Operation Rescue’s 2006 “Tiller Report”: “Perhaps His Membership At Reformation Lutheran Church, Located At 7601 East 13^th Street, Wichita, Kansas 67206 Had Some Impact On These Lectures.” According to Operation Rescue’s Tiller Report, “Perhaps his [Dr. Tiller’s] membership at Reformation Lutheran Church, located at 7601 East 13th Street, Wichita, Kansas 67206, had some impact on these lectures. (We will discuss Tiller’s relationship with this church in more detail later.) Tiller euphemistically refers to abortion as ‘reproductive ministry’ and as almost a ‘sacred experience’ that places one on a pathway to understanding, growth, and spiritual recovery.” [Operation Rescue, 2006]

Extreme Anti-Choice Groups Are Rallying Behind The CMP Videos

Survivors Of The Abortion Holocaust

Survivors Of The Abortion Holocaust Used The CMP Video As A Rallying Call For A News Conference. According to a Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust Facebook post, “The ‪#‎PPSellsBabyParts expose this morning left young people stunned and wanting to SE side of Longworth for a news conference, then immediately after we will go to Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office to call for Congressional hearings into this horrific practice of trafficking baby body parts. do something to stop Planned Parenthood. We have two opportunities for you: 1. Join us tomorrow morning, Wednesday, July, 15 at 10:00 A.M. on the Independence Ave. SE side of Longworth for a news conference, then immediately after we will go to Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office to call for Congressional hearings into this horrific practice of trafficking baby body parts. More deets here: http://tinyurl.com/nne9to7 2. Sign this petition to urge Congress to take immediate investigative Action! http://action.aul.org/site/Survey…” [facebook.com/WeAreSurvivors, 7/14/15]

• The Survivors Of The Abortion Holocaust Claims That “Any Person Born After January 22, 1973 Is A Survivor Of The American Abortion Holocaust.” According to Salon, “It begins with a group with the ridiculously named Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a Christian group that claims that ‘Any person born after January 22, 1973 is a survivor of the American abortion holocaust.’” [Salon, 3/14/14]

Anti-Defamation League: “The so-called ‘Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust’ are being appallingly insensitive. We are outraged by their attempt to somehow create a moral equivalency between the Nazis’ systematic murder of millions of Jews and others during the Holocaust with abortions. Not only is such an analogy grossly inappropriate, it also trivializes the Holocaust and is deeply offensive to Holocaust survivors and the families of those who perished.’” According to a press release by the Anti-Defamation League, “The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed outrage over the name and provocative tactics of an anti-abortion group calling itself ‘Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.’ This past week the group took its campaign to Albuquerque, New Mexico, including a protest yesterday in front of the Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico. ADL issued the following statement: ‘The so-called ‘Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust’ are being appallingly insensitive. We are outraged by their attempt to somehow create a moral equivalency between the Nazis’ systematic murder of millions of Jews and others during the Holocaust with abortions. Not only is such an analogy grossly inappropriate, it also trivializes the Holocaust and is deeply offensive to Holocaust survivors and the families of those who perished. ‘While this group’s name and activities may be protected by the First Amendment, we are exercising our own free speech rights to express strong objection and to urge that such offensive tactics not be used to draw attention to a cause.’” [Anti-Defamation League Press Release, 8/9/13]

American Family Association

The American Family Association Released An Alert Based On The CMP Video. According to the American Family Association, “A high-level Planned Parenthood official has admitted the abortion group harvests and sells aborted baby parts. Undercover pro-lifers posed as buyers for a human biologics company that was seeking body parts. What they recorded was sickly details of abortionists harvesting baby organs such as livers, brains and hearts. With hidden cameras rolling, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, the senior director of medical services for Planned Parenthood, described harvesting the body parts while she munched on a salad and sipped wine. ‘I’d say a lot of people want liver,’ the Planned Parenthood official says in a video recorded last year. The videos were recorded over a period of months by the Center for Medical Progress, a medical ethics organization.” [American Family Association, 7/20/15]

• The Alert Urged Readers To Contact Their Representatives To Advocate For Ending Federal Funding Of Planned Parenthood. According to the American Family Association, “TAKE ACTION Urge your members of Congress to cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Please hold your elected officials accountable for forcing taxpayers to pay for Planned Parenthood’s barbaric and despicable actions.” [American Family Association, 7/20/15]

The American Family Association Was Listed As A Hate Group By The Southern Poverty Law Center Due To Their Demonization Of The LGBT Community. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “Together, the Family Research Council (FRC) and the American Family Association (AFA) may comprise the most important anti-gay lobby in this country. Since 2006, the FRC has hosted the Values Voter Summit, an annual conference for social conservatives that attracts numerous public figures — and whose latest edition opens today in the nation’s capital. Equipped with a $12 million budget and led by a former Louisiana state representative, the FRC is politically powerful, with its spokesmen appearing regularly in the national media and many friends on Capitol Hill. The AFA, a sponsor of the FRC’s Values Voter Summit, has a $20 million budget and a network of about 200 radio stations, is regularly quoted in the press, and has worked to organize grassroots Christians to lobby for its goals. The FRC and the AFA are certainly among the most powerful groups on the American religious right. They are also among the chief purveyors of lies about LGBT people. […] Based on the foregoing and other evidence, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) last year began listing the FRC and the AFA as hate groups. The listings, as was said at the time, were based on the groups’ use of known falsehoods to attack and demonize members of the LGBT community — not, as some have gratuitously claimed, because the groups are Christian, or because they oppose same-sex marriage, or because they believe the Bible describes homosexuality as a sin.” [Southern Poverty Law Center, 10/11]

Right Wing Watch: American Family Association Official Warned That Rainbow Colors On The White House After The Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Decision Was “An Unbelievable Affront To God” That Would Open The Country Up To Terrorist Attacks. According to Right Wing Watch, American Family Association official Sandy Rios warned on her radio program yesterday that the Obama administration’s decision to light up the White House in rainbow colors in celebration of the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision was “an unbelievable affront to God” that will have “consequences.” According to Rios, God will lift His hand of protection from America in response to the court’s ruling and the celebratory rainbow images, thereby increasing the threat of terror attacks on the United States. [Right Wing Watch, 6/30/15]

American Life League

The American Life League Said That A Proper Response To The CMP Video Was To Advocate For The Cessation Of Planned Parenthood Funding. According to a web post by Mary Flores for the American Life League, “When I heard the phone ring, I was thankful for the interruption. I was sitting in front of my computer watching a breaking news story that left me horrified and speechless. A woman on the video playing was very much enjoying her lunch and glass of wine while she discussed selling the body parts of babies she ripped apart during abortions. She referred to events, specimens, and procedures, but she was talking about tiny livers and hearts with a coldness and indifference that made me shutter. […] But, as hard as it is, we mustn’t turn away for too long. The souls of these children cry out. Don’t try to silence these cries. First and foremost, pray! Sister Lucia reported that Our Lady warned that the final battle would be over marriage and family. With the recent Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, and with thousands of babies being sacrificed daily on the altar of ‘reproductive freedom,’ it certainly seems like the battle is on! Pray for the babies, the mothers, the fathers, and for those involved in these grisly acts. […] Next, don’t feel helpless! Act. Sign and then share this petition to call on Congress to investigate Planned Parenthood. You can find your representative online or call (202) 224-3121 to speak to someone directly. Did you know that taxpayers provide nearly $500 million to Planned Parenthood annually? While you’re talking to, or e-mailing, your representative, ask him to impose a moratorium on all funding for this depraved organization. Finally, share this information on Twitter with the hashtag #PPSellsBabyParts. If you don’t have Twitter, use Facebook or any other social media to share with your friends and family the truth about Planned Parenthood.” [Mary Flores – American Life League, 7/15/15]

The American Life League Advocated Abortion Bans Without Exceptions For Rape. According to Vocativ, “The bill, which is expected to pass in the House, would ban abortions at or past 20 weeks, but provides exemptions for pregnancies that endanger the life of the mother, as well as those conceived in rape or incest—if the crime was previously reported to police. Such exceptions are generally supported by most pro-life groups championing H.R. 36, and are also part of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, H.B. 217, which will deprive Planned Parenthood of federal funding, except in cases covered by the exemptions But the American Life League, Save the 1 and other personhood purists feel abortion bans should apply to all unborn babies, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their conception.” [Vocativ, 1/22/15]

American Life League: “A Facility Can Provide A Million Paps And Cancer Screenings. That Will Never Justify Killing Preborn Human Beings.” According to a tweet by the American Life League, “A facility can provide a million paps and cancer screenings. That will never justify killing preborn human beings.” [Twitter.com/AmerLIfeLeague, 7/21/15]

American Life League Called Planned Parenthood “The Most Violent Organization In America.” According to a tweet by the American Life League, “#PlannedParenthood spokes channel MSNBC keeps defending the most violent organization in America http://bit.ly/1KgLzky” [Twitter.com/AmerLIfeLeague, 7/21/15]

Save the 1

Save The 1 Linked To The CMP Video As Breaking News. According to a Facebook post by Save the 1, “‪#‎BREAKING ‪#‎ProLife ‪#‎News! [Video] ‘We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, /I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.’” [Facebook.com/Savethe1, 7/14/15]

• The Group Also Used The Video To Say It Was “Time For The Reborn To Stand Up For The Unborn.” According to a Facebook post by Save the 1, “‪#‎PPSellsBabyParts: ‘It is time for the reborn to stand up for the unborn.’ – @drmoore ‪#‎ProLife ‪#‎AllLivesMatter” [Facebook.com/Savethe1, 7/14/15]

Save The 1 Advocated Abortion Bans Without Exceptions For Rape. According to Vocativ, “The bill, which is expected to pass in the House, would ban abortions at or past 20 weeks, but provides exemptions for pregnancies that endanger the life of the mother, as well as those conceived in rape or incest—if the crime was previously reported to police. Such exceptions are generally supported by most pro-life groups championing H.R. 36, and are also part of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, H.B. 217, which will deprive Planned Parenthood of federal funding, except in cases covered by the exemptions But the American Life League, Save the 1 and other personhood purists feel abortion bans should apply to all unborn babies, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their conception.” [Vocativ, 1/22/15]

• Save The 1 Sought To “Educate Pro-Life Advocates, Leaders, And Clergy On How To Articulate A Proper Defense Of Children Conceived In Rape Or Incest, As Well As Those With Special Needs.” According to the Save the 1 About Page, “Save The 1’s mission is to educate everyone on why all pre-born children should be protected by law and accepted by society, without exception and without compromise. Further, we wish to educate pro-life advocates, leaders, and clergy on how to articulate a proper defense of children conceived in rape or incest, as well as those with special needs.” [Save The 1 About Page, Accessed 7/21/15]

Save The 1 Headline: 7 Month Pregnant Gang Rape Victim From India Didn’t Really Want An Abortion By Rebecca Kiessling. [Save The 1, 7/17/15]

Susan B. Anthony List

Susan B. Anthony List President Decried The Events Portrayed By The CMP Video. According to a Susan B. Anthony List News Post, “This morning a new undercover video was released by the Center for Medical Progress, showing Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Senior Director of Medical Services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, describing how America’s largest abortion business allegedly uses the banned partial birth abortion procedure to harvest and sell the body parts of aborted children, including hearts, lungs, liver, and heads. After watching the video, SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser offered the following comment: ‘This film reveals the dark side of humanity as did the case of Kermit Gosnell. The moment when the destruction of a human being becomes just business as usual is a moment we must address. Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, so devalues human life they are now in the business of harvesting body parts. They are wheeling and dealing with tiny hearts, livers, lungs, and even heads, of the children their practitioners destroy during late term abortion procedures. This is an eye-opening, stomach-churning moment. We are a better nation than this. Ending late term abortion will preclude this horror.’” [Susan B. Anthony List News Post, Accessed 7/21/15]

Americans United For Life

Americans United For Life Launched A Petition To Investigate Planned Parenthood After The CMP Videos. According to a Americans United For Life Press Release, “Americans United for Life President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest launched a petition today calling on President Barack Obama to order U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate Planned Parenthood’s alleged role in selling human hearts, lungs and livers of aborted infants, following revelations in a shocking video from The Center for Medical Progress. ‘Is the nation’s number one conglomerate of abortionists acting like a gruesome eBay for the sale of infant hearts, lungs and livers? Have laws been broken? The American people have questions about how their tax dollars are being spent at Planned Parenthood, a billion-plus dollar a year conglomerate receiving more than half of its budget from hard working taxpayers,’ said Dr. Yoest. ‘Americans were shocked to see images of Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Senior Director of Medical Services Dr. Deborah Nucatola discussing a ‘menu’ of aborted baby hearts, lungs and livers that she targets during abortions to provide to waiting buyers. But the attorney general must act along with Congress to utilize her powers to investigate Cecile Richard’s claims that Planned Parenthood’s sale of hearts, lungs and livers parts is not illegal.’” [Americans United For Life Press Release, 7/17/15]