Lila Rose statement on Senate passage of legislation defunding Planned Parenthood
Arlington, VA (December 4, 2015) — “The voices of millions of Americans were heard: Taxpayers should not be forced to fund an organization that kills over 320,000 preborn children every year and hurts thousands of women and young girls.
“While President Obama may veto this bill, we’ve proven we have the pro-life votes to get a defunding bill through Congress and to the president’s desk. It is clear that there is now only one hurdle left, and that makes 2016 even more critical for pro-life Americans.
“I still hold out some hope that Mr. Obama may finally realize that whatever his views on abortion, it is indefensible to continue to force taxpayers to fund a corporation that has been complicit in covering up sex trafficking and the sexual abuse of minors, that lies to women about the complications of abortion procedures and how developed the babies are in their wombs, that has had hundreds of documented health and safety violations, and that has been caught on video promoting illegal race- and sex-selective abortions.”
Statement from Live Action president Lila Rose on the Supreme Court decision to hear the challenge to the Texas abortion facilities regulations:
Arlington, VA (November 13, 2015) “While no woman or preborn child is safe in an abortion clinic, it ought to raise huge red flags that the abortion industry is willing to compromise women’s safety even further by refusing to meet the same basic health and safety standards that most medical centers do. Time and again, we see the abortion industry cutting corners – even to the point of putting women’s safety at risk – just to increase profits. These are commonsense regulations, and the abortion industry needs to follow the same rules that everyone else has to. I am disappointed that the Supreme Court did not let the lower court’s ruling stand, but I am hopeful that this will be an opportunity for the justices to create a landmark case for the pro-life movement.”
Lila Rose on Texas removing Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program due to scandals
(October 19, 2015) — “I applaud the state of Texas for no longer allowing Planned Parenthood to receive Medicaid money. Texas’s inspector general concluded what Live Action’s investigations have shown for years: that Planned Parenthood has repeatedly neglected the minimum standards of care it is supposed to provide to clients; that it is not operating in a ‘safe, legal, and ethical manner;’ and that it is willing to put profits ahead of its clients. Texas authorities have also found evidence that Planned Parenthood is defrauding taxpayers through a pattern of illegal billing practices, including billing for services that are medically unnecessary.
