Cohen & Conyers: Planned Parenthood Allegations Are Unsubstantiated by Deceptive Video

Statement

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following joint statement in response to the decision to open an investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood altered procedures to "sell" fetal tissues for profit:

"House Leadership is using a sensationalist and heavily-edited video as an opportunity to attack one of the nation's leading providers of high-quality health care for women. Chairman Goodlatte's suggestion of wrongdoing is wholly unsubstantiated by the video in question.

"The video does not demonstrate that Planned Parenthood is "selling' fetal tissue. In fact, many portions of the full video--edited out of the nine-minute version that House Republicans have circulated--directly contradict the allegation that Planned Parenthood has violated federal law.

"In the coming days, it is our hope that Chairman Goodlatte will reconsider his position, and that the House Judiciary Committee will turn to more pressing and substantive issues."

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