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Dan Coats: in recent weeks, the American people have learned the shocking story of the barbaric practices Planned Parenthood uses…

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
in recent weeks, the American people have learned the shocking story of the barbaric practices Planned Parenthood uses to terminate life and to harvest organs of innocent human life. In a video released earlier this month that has gone viral--as it should have--the senior director of medical research at Planned Parenthood explained the process by which she harvests aborted body parts to be provided for medical research. I quote her: We've been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I'm not gonna crush that part, I'm gonna basically crush below, I'm gonna crush above, and I'm gonna to see if I can get it all intact. Additional videos have been released--I am told more are to come-- with Planned Parenthood officials discussing the organ harvesting of fetuses. Unborn children. Beating hearts on the sonogram, on the screen. Human beings. Despite the stunning impact and outrage of millions of Americans, Planned Parenthood's response to the release of these videos is this: Blame the messenger or the videographer, but let's not address the practice of harvesting aborted body parts. Ross Douthat writes for the New York Times. I urge every Senator to read his July 25, 2015, column, entitled ``Looking Away From Abortion.'' Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that this article be printed in the Record.…
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana
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Jul 28, 2015

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