Chris Smith: “Nothing like that has happened. So it's time to pivot.”

We must act now, and we must act decisively. The lives of so many lie in the balance.

We write to request that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) review and, if appropriate, initiate an investigation into the activities of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and the organization's affiliates.

It is long overdue for a comprehensive investigation and review, and I urge the HHS OIG to look closely to determine whether it has violated federal standards for federal funding recipients.

Abortion is not healthcare unless one construes the life of an unborn child to be analogous to a tumor to be excised or a disease to be vanquished. I appeal to my colleagues: Don't ignore or trivialize the battered victim in the womb…