Wyden Calls for End to Taxpayer-Funded Partisan Planned Parenthood Investigations

Statement

Sen. Ron Wyden joined Democratic colleagues in calling for an end to ongoing, politically-motivated House and Senate investigations into Planned Parenthood, in light of the many independent state investigations across the country that have cleared Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing.

Wyden met in Medford last weekend with Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon. He and his fellow Democrats joined their colleagues in both chambers on a letter this week to Republicans calling for an end to partisan investigations of Planned Parenthood in the House and Senate, following the Texas grand jury's decision last week to exonerate Planned Parenthood and indict the creators of the highly fabricated, deceptive undercover videos designed to discredit Planned Parenthood and undermine women's access to health care on federal charges.

In their letter Tuesday to Republicans, the lawmakers wrote: "Our country faces serious challenges when it comes to issues like supporting working families, creating good jobs, and boosting wages. The families and communities we represent rightly want us focused on efforts like these--not political attempts to undermine women's access to health care and investigate their personal health care decisions. We urge you to listen to them."

Twelve states join the Texas Grand Jury--Kansas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, Washington, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri and South Dakota-- and have concluded independent state investigations and cleared Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing. An additional eight states--California, Iowa, Delaware, Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Colorado--have declined to even investigate, citing a lack of evidence of wrongdoing in the first place.

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