Media Matters Accidentally Highlights Planned
Parenthood’s Admission of Profit Seeking on Organ Harvesting
by John Sexton 16 Jul 2015
Media Matters, the
progressive media watchdog, published a defense of Planned Parenthood Tuesday
night. Unfortunately for Planned Parenthood,
the evidence they offer proves Planned Parenthood’s clinics were intentionally
seeking to profit from the harvesting and sale of fetal organs.
In its defense of Planned Parenthood, Media Matters points to a portion
of the complete video which did not appear in the 9 minute clip circulated
Tuesday [Emphasis added].
NUCATOLA: You know, I’m — I could throw a number out that’s
anywhere from $30 to $100 depending on the facility, and what’s involved. It
just has to do with space issues, are you sending someone there that’s going to
be doing everything, or is their staff going to be doing it? What exactly are
they going to be doing? Is there shipping involved, is somebody coming to pick
it up — so, I think everybody just wants to — it’s really just about if
anyone were ever to ask them, well what do you do for this $60, how can you
justify that? Or are you basically just doing something completely
egregious, that you should be doing for free. So it just needs to be
justifiable.
And, look, we have 67 affiliates. They all have different
practice environments, very different staff, and so with that number —
ACTOR: Did you say 67?
NUCATOLA: 67.
ACTOR: Okay. And so of that number, how much would
personality of the personnel in there, would play into it as far as how we’re
speaking to them —
NUCATOLA: I think for affiliates, at the end of the day,
they’re a non-profit, they just don’t want to — they want to break even. And
if they can do a little better than break even, and do so in a way that seems
reasonable, they’re happy to do that. Really their bottom line is, they
just, they want to break even. Every penny they save is just pennies they give
to another patient. To provide a service the patient wouldn’t get otherwise.
Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s Senior Director
of Medical Services, is not dumb. Several times during the discussion she makes
clear that Planned Parenthood is going only as far as their lawyers will them.
That’s true with regard to their approach to partial-birth abortion (where they
claim they don’t intend to cross the legal line, regardless of what
actually happens) and it’s true of their refusal to offer companies a “menu” of
organs available for sale (because their attorneys are nervous about them
becoming the public face of this trade). So here again, Dr. Nucatola makes
clear the line for Planned Parenthood is what will appear reasonable “if anyone
were ever to ask them.” Now that this story has become news, perhaps someone
will.
Just a few seconds later, Dr. Nucatola makes clear Planned
Parenthood isn’t just covering their costs in these transactions. She
says her affiliates are happy to “do a little better than break even” when
possible. Obviously, when you do better than break even in a financial
transaction, that’s called a profit. This is an admission that PP is profiting
from these sales.
Again, Dr. Nucatola is being somewhat careful here because
she knows where the legal line prevents her from going. Planned Parenthood
can’t go wild with its organ prices, but if they can make a little on the side
selling organs in a way that “seems reasonable,” then “they’re happy to do
that.”
Contrary to what Media Matters seems to believe, this
excerpt does not help Planned Parenthood’s case. Having the corporation’s
Director of Medical Services explain how they skirt the law by keeping profits
small enough to pass muster in case “anyone were ever to ask” seems like an
admission that could hurt them.
Planned
Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Official
Taped Discussing Sale of Aborted Baby Body Parts (PAST RESEARCH)
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and
a contributor for MoveOn.org.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters.
Ilyse
Hogue was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org, is a senior adviser for Media Matters, and the
president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
Cecile Richards
was the founder & president of America
Votes, is the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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