Planned Parenthood Defends Itself Before Congress

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards defended fetal tissue research before a House committee Tuesday, arguing that it offers potentially lifesaving answers on degenerative eye disease, Down syndrome and infectious diseases.

The Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is conducting one of four investigations into Planned Parenthood in the wake of a series of videos released in recent months by the Center for Medical Progress, which alleges that Planned Parenthood sells aborted fetal tissue for profit.

In her testimony, Richards called the videos “discredited, doctored” and “designed to smear Planned Parenthood,” and said that none of the affiliates featured in the videos ended up signing a contract with the dummy corporation set up by activist David Daleiden.