Abortion providers say publicity about fetal-parts sales could destroy Planned Parenthood, in 10th undercover video
September 15, 2015
In the 10th in a series of undercover videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), executives of Planned Parenthood speak candidly about the damaging effects their organization would suffer if the public learned about their involvement in the sale of body parts from aborted babies.
“This is important,” says Vanessa Cullins, a vice president of Planned Parenthood, speaking to others active in the abortion industry. “This could destroy your organization and us, if we don’t time those conversations correctly.”
Deborah VanDerhei, Planned Parenthood’s national director for the Consortium of Abortion Providers, says that abortionists must be very careful in explaining their sale of body parts “because the headlines would be a disaster.” Carolyn Westhoff, the group’s senior medical adviser, recognizes “the potential for a huge PR issue in doing this.”
On the other hand, despite the threat of negative publicity—and the apparent violation of federal law against sale of fetal tissue—Planned Parenthood executives clearly do not wish to curtail their involvement in the practice. VanDerhei notes that the group has “independent colleagues who generate a fair amount of income doing this,” and says that the key challenge is “how we’re going to manage remuneration.” She concludes that sale of fetal tissues should be seen as “donation for remuneration.”
On the new video, Carolyn Westhoff speaks about the extensive involvement of abortionists with “people who want particular tissue: like, you know, they want cardiac, or they want eyes, or they want neural.” She boasts: “Everything we provide is fresh.”
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