The full video of the lunch meeting, over two hours long and released by the Center for Medical Progress after complaints by Planned Parenthood, shows something very different from what these critics claim. Clearly, the shorter version was edited to eliminate statements by Dr. Nucatola explaining that Planned Parenthood does not profit from tissue donation, which requires the clear consent of the patient. Planned Parenthood affiliates only accept money — between $30 and $100 per specimen, according to Dr. Nucatola — to cover costs associated with collecting and transporting the tissue. “This is not something with any revenue stream that affiliates are looking at,” she said.
(via The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood – The New York Times)
The video is a fraud but it doesn’t matter. Few if any of the people who were outraged by the story when it was posted will every post a correction. It will now be a fact in the edges of the right wing universe that planned parenthood profits from abortions by selling fetus parts. And that was the plan from the start.
