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LiveAction Releases Second Planned Parenthood Vid

LiveAction's Lila Rose

LiveAction, the anti-abortion group that targets Planned Parenthood with undercover videos, released a second video Thursday of what it says is a Planned Parenthood employee aiding in child sex trafficking.

In the video, a man — identified by LiveAction as an actor — tells a Planned Parenthood employee in Virginia that he is in “sex work” and “manages girls” as young as 14 and 15. He asks questions about disease testing and abortions for girls under 18, and the employee provides answers.

This, LiveAction says, proves that Planned Parenthood aids federal criminals and fails to report crimes such as the ones the actor was pretending to have committed.

Planned Parenthood, however, says the clinic employee acted entirely appropriately.

“The Planned Parenthood staff member reacted professionally to a highly unusual person posing as a patient. After the encounter, the staff member immediately notified her supervisor, who subsequently notified members of Planned Parenthood’s national security team, who are working with the FBI, which is investigating these visits,” the organization said in a statement.

Planned Parenthood fired a clinic employee in New Jersey earlier this week after a LiveAction video showed her giving the same man, posed as a pimp, explicit directions on how to circumvent the law for underage girls and illegal immigrants.

LiveAction sent the actor, or actors, to eight Planned Parenthood clinics in five states and Washington, D.C., in the span of a few days in January. Each time the visit was the same.

At least some of the clinics notified local law enforcement, the organization says, and the national organization. Planned Parenthood then asked Attorney General Eric Holder to open an investigation into the potential sex trafficking ring, while acknowledging that it was probably a scheme by LiveAction.

LiveAction’s stated goal is to defund Planned Parenthood of public money.

Here’s the second video:

Abortion, Lila Rose, LiveAction, Planned Parenthood

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