National Pro-Life T-shirt Week

Yep, that’s right American Life League’s National Pro-Life T-shirt Day has been extended to a week! To add to this craziness we will be initiating a photo scavenger hunt with prizes for first, second and third place! How cool is that! Keep checking back at www.NPLTW.com for more information. While you’re waiting go order the NPLTW shirt, it’s only $6.50!

Tiller the Killer to Stand Trial

Kansas Judge Clark Owens has ruled that late-term, Wichita, abortionist George Tiller will stand trial in a court of law. During a pre-trial hearing, Tiller’s attorneys attempted to have the charges dismissed based upon a flimsy theory of “prosecutorial misconduct” on the part of former Attorneys General Phill Kline and Paul Morrison.
However, Judge Owens’ ruling came down as follows, “While Phill Kline testified that he would like for all abortions to be outlawed, his investigations made no attempts to prevent lawful abortions from being performed in the State of Kansas. His procedures have certainly been questioned by the Kansas Supreme Court, but his conduct in the investigation does not merit the sanction of the dismissal of the charges or suppression of evidence.
The motion to dismiss or suppress is therefore denied,”
“This has been a long time coming. Killing children is horrible enough to warrant prosecution, and his disregard for the laws of our state is finally catching up to him,” remarked Keith Ashley, Chapter Director of Rock for Life Kansas.
Tiller faces 19 charges of illegal late-term abortions for failure to obtain a second physician’s signature, and he could be sentenced to a year in prison for each charge. The trial is set to begin March 16.

Today we bury our great friend, Dave

Dave Joyce is the epitome of "What a Great Guy". It would be difficult, it not impossible, to find someone (other than the hundreds of criminals he put away) that would have a bad word to say about Dave, or about his work ethic. Dave was prodigious in both scope and in depth of knowledge, within whatever attracted his keen, perceptive, and often smart-assed, attention.

If you were lucky enough to talk to Dave in his duties as a Detective-Sergeant with the Jennings Police Department, Jennings Police Department-ATF Joint Task Force, or Major Case Squad, you soon learned to lean in and listen to this unassuming, soft spoken man. His knowledge was referred to as "encyclopedic", and with good reason. Sure enough, if you followed a direction that Dave might provide, it generally led in the right direction, the right person, and a good conviction.

If you were even luckier to know and talk to Dave personally, you learned even quicker to lean in close and listen to this, unassuming, soft-spoken, incredibly intelligent, deep, big-hearted man.

The policeman stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To my church have you been true?"

The policeman squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord. I guess I ain't. Because those who carry badges can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays, and at times my talk was rough... and sometimes I've been violent because the streets are awful tough.

But I never took a penny that wasn't mine to keep... though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help, though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place among people here. They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.

If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much. But if you don't... I'll understand."

There was silence all around the throne where the saints had often trod, ans the policeman waited quietly for the judgement of his God.

"Step forward now, policeman. You've borne your burdens well. Come walk a beat on heaven's streets. You've done your time in hell."

Octomom's gift to the pro-life movement

By Jill Stanek
I don't know why Nadya Suleman opted for single, poverty-stricken motherhood on steroids, pun intended, undergoing the in vitro fertilization procedure several times to produce 14 children since 2001. The last eight were born Jan. 26.

But Suleman has explained why she opted to have her remaining six frozen embryos implanted at one time. (Two split into twins.) A RadarOnline.com video released Feb. 23 revealed Suleman's rationale while arguing with her mother, Angela:

Suleman: I planned on one growing, at the most two. … [T]his is all unintentional.
Mom: But did you read about the statistics?

Nadya: The statistics is that this doesn't happen…. This never, ever happened. One person it happened to.

Mom: … [Y]ou should have considered your other six children.

Nadya: OK, but … I'm not gonna destroy the embryos, period. …

Mom: … They were frozen, and you did not have to do anything.

Nadya: They were lives. The only thing you can do with frozen embryos?... You use them or destroy them. … Do you want to know how they destroy them? They allow them to live – they allow the cells to live – and then they kill them.

One of Suleman's publicists, Joann Killeen, stated in an interview before quitting due to death threats (taking bets on who made the threats, pro-lifers or pro-aborts), Suleman's decision had precedent: "The last pregnancy she had before the octuplets was six embryos planted, and she had twins."

After Suleman found she was carrying multiples, doctors recommended "selective reduction," or aborting some of the babies in theory to save the rest. Suleman explained why she rejected the suggestion in an interview with ABC's Ann Curry:

You know, what gives any human being a right to – to pick and choose which embryo – which fetus is more valuable than another. You know, that's not up to human beings.
So it appears Suleman was prompted to have so many embryos implanted and carry them all to term by pro-life principles, which is laudable. No matter what the circumstances of conception, resulting human life is a blessing.

That said, I'm frankly not a fan of IVF – hard to say knowing beautiful children who wouldn't be here sans IVF.

But I tend toward Catholic teaching that it is morally wrong to create the image of God in a petri dish.

Unintended negative consequences corroborate:

The process to mature and retrieve multiple human eggs at one time for the IVF procedure is harmful to women's health, involving the injection of numerous synthetic female steroids over several weeks. It has also led to the exploitation of women for eggs.

Studies show children conceived via IVF have increased health problems including a doubled risk of dying at or soon after birth, low birth weight, birth defects and cancer.

Thousands of human beings whose mother did not implant them remain in frozen suspended animation. These "leftovers that will be destroyed if not put to good use" have helped persuade the general public to support embryonic stem cell research. Now scientists are creating human clones, chimeras (human-animal mix) and shemales (mix of male-female DNA), to name a few.
Generally speaking, I think IVF is just another attempt to avoid the consequences of illicit sex. In Deuteronomy 28 we read:

If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today … The fruit of your womb will be blessed. … However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today … The fruit of your womb will be cursed. …
I don't think God meant He would simply zap people with fertility or infertility depending on whether they obeyed Him or not. Following or disregarding God's guidelines for sexual behavior likewise leads to fertility or infertility.

Analogy: Jews avoided the Bubonic Plague by following God's laws for diet and hygiene (so noticeably they were accused of spreading it among Gentiles and persecuted).

Desires for personal population control and illicit sex have resulted in the Pill, abortion and STDs, all complicit in the current epidemic of infertility, as is disregarding the prime years God built women to procreate. The Pill plays a secondary role by leeching estrogen into our drinking water.

I am not making a blanket statement on the cause of infertility. But if we would restore sexual values, we'd see a big drop.

Now to the gift Nadya Suleman has given pro-lifers. In one fell swoop Suleman has spotlighted problems with unregulated IVF and turned public opinion against unregulated IVF.

Now is the time for pro-lifers to introduce legislation in their states regulating IVF and with it regulating the creation and care of embryos.

There is perfect model language, introduced in the Georgia Senate last week, The Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act, SB169.

SB169 limits the number of embryos implanted to the same number fertilized, up to a maximum of three, which will stop the practice of freezing human embryos and curtail selective reductions.

The bill defines ex utero embryos as human beings with inherent rights, so court disputes must be decided in the best interest of the embryo, not either parent fighting over the embryo.

SB169 goes much further, outlawing all forms of human cloning, creation of chimeras, etc. David Prentiss of the Family Research Council has endorsed SB 169.

Importantly, the wording of SB169 attempts to take Catholic concerns about IVF into account. Crafters are hoping for the endorsement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, even today.

There may be no better time to introduce legislation that addresses so many pro-life bioethical concerns at once.

Report: Fetal Stem Cells Trigger Tumors in Sick Child's Brain, Spinal Cord

WASHINGTON — A family desperate to save a child from a lethal brain disease sought highly experimental injections of fetal stem cells — injections that triggered tumors in the boy's brain and spinal cord, Israeli scientists reported Tuesday.

Scientists are furiously trying to harness different types of stem cells — the building blocks for other cells in the body — to regrow damaged tissues and thus treat devastating diseases. But for all the promise, researchers have long warned that they must learn to control newly injected stem cells so they don't grow where they shouldn't, and small studies in people are only just beginning.

Tuesday's report in the journal PLoS Medicine is the first documented case of a human brain tumor — albeit a benign, slow-growing one — after fetal stem cell therapy, and hammers home the need for careful research. The journal is published by the Public Library of Science.

"Patients, please beware," said Dr. John Gearhart, a stem cell scientist at the University of Pennsylvania who wasn't involved in the Israeli boy's care but who sees similarly desperate U.S. patients head abroad to clinics that offer unproven stem cell injections.

"Cells are not drugs. They can misbehave in so many different ways, it just is going to take a good deal of time" to prove how best to pursue the potential therapy, Gearhart said.

The unidentified Israeli boy has a rare, fatal genetic disease with a tongue-twisting name — ataxia telangiectasia, or A-T. Degeneration of a certain brain region gradually robs these children of movement. Plus, a faulty immune system leads to frequent infections and cancers. Most die in their teens or early 20s.

Israeli doctors pieced together the child's history: When he was 9, the family traveled to Russia, to a Moscow clinic that provided injections of neural stem cells from fetuses — immature cells destined to grow into a main type of brain cells. The cells were injected into his brain and spinal cord twice more, at ages 10 and 12.

Back home in Israel at age 13, the boy's A-T was severe enough to require that he use a wheelchair when he also began complaining of headaches. Tests at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv uncovered a growth pushing on his brain stem and a second on his spinal cord. Surgeons removed the spinal cord mass when the boy was 14, in 2006 and they say his general condition has remained stable since then.

But was the boy prone to tumors anyway or were the fetal stem cells to blame? A Tel Aviv University team extensively tested the tumor tissue and concluded it was the fetal cells. Among other evidence, some of the cells were female and had two normal copies of the gene that causes A-T — although that boy's underlying poor immune function could have allowed the growths to take hold.

Using stem cells from multiple fetuses that also were mixed with growth-spurring compounds "may have created a high-risk situation where abnormal growth of more than one cell occurred," wrote lead researcher Dr. Ninette Amariglio of Sheba Medical. She urged better research to "maximize the potential benefits of regenerative medicine while minimizing the risks."

This brain disease wasn't conducive to stem cell therapy in the first place, said stem cell specialist Dr. Marius Wernig of Stanford University, who said it's unclear exactly what was implanted.

"Stem cell transplantations have a humongous potential," Wernig said. But "if people rush out there without really knowing what they're doing ... that really backfires and can bring this whole field to a halt."

North Dakota House Gives Fertilized Eggs Human Status

The measure that would make it all but impossible to get an abortion in the state now goes to the North Dakota Senate after the state House.

BISMARCK, N.D. -- A measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state.

The bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended abortion rights nationwide, supporters of the legislation said.

Representatives voted 51-41 to approve the measure Tuesday. It now moves to the North Dakota Senate for its review.

The bill declares that "any organism with the genome of homo sapiens" is a person protected by rights granted by the North Dakota Constitution and state laws.

The measure's sponsor, Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, said the legislation did not automatically ban abortion. Ruby has introduced bills in previous sessions of the Legislature to prohibit abortion in North Dakota.

"This language is not as aggressive as the direct ban legislation that I've proposed in the past," Ruby said during House floor debate on Tuesday. "This is very simply defining when life begins, and giving that life some protections under our Constitution — the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Critics of the measure say it will cost millions of dollars to defend. Ruby said the state has been willing to go to bat for other principles that were less important.

In Oklahoma, meanwhile, a state House committee Tuesday approved legislation that would prohibit physicians from performing abortions solely on account of the gender of a woman's fetus, even though the measure's author said there is no evidence the practice has ever occurred in the state.

The legislation passed 20-2 by the House Public Health Committee. The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

The author of the bill, Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa, said it is designed to stop couples from using the gender of a fetus as a reason to get an abortion. Sullivan said a doctor would be prohibited from performing an abortion if the mother specifically said the fetus' sex was the reason.

However, he said there is no evidence the practice has occurred in Oklahoma. "I haven't received any definite information that proves it," Sullivan said.

ACTION ALERT! HELP STOP CONSTRUCTION OF MEGA-PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN PORTLAND

HELP STOP CONSTRUCTION OF MEGA-PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN PORTLAND
Washington, D.C. (17 February 2009) – Act now to help Precious Children of Portland, the group leading the fight against construction of a 40,000 sq. ft. Planned Parenthood abortion mill in Oregon, by calling Peninsula Plumbing, and asking that they cease doing business with the nation's largest abortion chain.

Construction has begun on this facility, but it is not too late for Peninsula Plumbing to get out of its contract.

Call Peninsula Plumbing at (503) 761-0500 and ask for Planned Parenthood project manager, Baron Adams,

E-mail Peninsula Plumbing at info@peninsulaplumbing.com or write to: 13520 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97236.

Samples of letters or ideas on what to say can be found on the Precious Children of Portland's website at: http://www.preciouschildrenofportland.org/contacts.

Let's help close this business deal between Peninsula Plumbing and Planned Parenthood!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Precious Children of Portland
http://www.preciouschildrenofportland.org/

From a friend...

Dear Friends and Intercessors:

This afternoon I was praying about a number of things, and my mind began to wander. I was deeply distressed at the symbolic actions that President Obama took as he began his presidency. Namely, that he signed executive orders releasing funds to pay for abortions, permission to fund human stem cell research, and federal funding for contraception. I have been involved in the pro-life movement for nearly 20 years, and it pained my heart to see a man and a political party committed to the shedding of innocent blood. This man, and this party lead our country, but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal.

As I was praying, I believe that God gave me an interesting idea. Out in the garage I have a box of red envelopes. Like the powerful image of the red LIFE tape, an empty red envelope will send a message to Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue. It will be quiet, but clear.

Here is what I would like you to do:

Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500

On the back, write the following message.

This envelope represents one child who died in abortion.
It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world.
Responsibility begins with conception.

Put it in the mail, and send it. Then forward this email to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child who died before having a a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.

From a friend...

Dear Friends and Intercessors:

This afternoon I was praying about a number of things, and my mind began to wander. I was deeply distressed at the symbolic actions that President Obama took as he began his presidency. Namely, that he signed executive orders releasing funds to pay for abortions, permission to fund human stem cell research, and federal funding for contraception. I have been involved in the pro-life movement for nearly 20 years, and it pained my heart to see a man and a political party committed to the shedding of innocent blood. This man, and this party lead our country, but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal.

As I was praying, I believe that God gave me an interesting idea. Out in the garage I have a box of red envelopes. Like the powerful image of the red LIFE tape, an empty red envelope will send a message to Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue. It will be quiet, but clear.

Here is what I would like you to do:

Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500

On the back, write the following message.

This envelope represents one child who died in abortion.
It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world.
Responsibility begins with conception.

Put it in the mail, and send it. Then forward this email to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child who died before having a a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.

Nothing says romance like 'National Condom Week'

Planned Parenthood’s ‘National Condom Week’

As many of you already know, PP is an organization that kills for profit and lures young people into its clinics to sell them birth control and abortions, while promoting sexual promiscuity for youth in particular and society in general. Once again, PP is attempting to twist a day on which we traditionally send love notes and chocolates to the persons we love into another marketing opportunity.

February 14, Valentine’s Day, is fast approaching, and unfortunately, PP is once again lying to youth and young adults by telling them that not using a condom means they do not love the other person. PP, the nation’s largest abortion chain, certainly does not know what love is! PP takes Valentine’s Day and calls it “National Condom Day.” We have also come across situations wherein PP has labeled the week in which Valentine’s Day occurs (February 7–14) as “National Condom Week” and the entire month of February “National Condom Month.”

Take, for example, PP of Golden Gate in California – an affiliate known not only for making atrocious videos to sell more birth control and abortions, but also for bragging about concealing the rape of an 11-year-old girl on its web site. Now it is encouraging people to send condom e-cards for “Valentine’s Day/National Condom Week.”

Upper Hudson PP in New York plans to celebrate “National Condom Week” by giving businesses drink coasters displaying PP’s condoms and a character who says, “No glove, no love!” It has also provided “safer sex” kits to those who answered questions correctly as part of its question and answer game at Muddy Cup, an Albany coffee shop.

In the past, “National Condom Week” kicked off on February 14 at most PP affiliates. However, whether it starts before or after February 14, its motive hasn’t changed: PP wants your money and wants you to believe the lies. So, we need to continue to spread the truth: Living a promiscuous lifestyle will NOT solve your problems, and it will NOT bring you love. It will, however, increase your chances of getting an STD or AIDS. Living the life of chastity is the way to really show someone you love him/her. You also love yourself by respecting yourself and others, and ultimately, you love Christ by living the way He wants us to live. Living and loving others in this way brings authentic freedom – something PP knows nothing about.

Chastity is for Lovers

With my birthday tomorrow ending an era that is my twenties, I thought this was a most appropriate article written my friend Bryan from Stand True. Since I was born just two days shy of Saint Valentine's Day, I have always been a romantic. When I was younger, I often confused lust and love and paid a hefty price for it: a broken heart. But after much self evaluation, I learned that the only one who could give me true love is Christ. I also realized that all of the times I chose sin, I was breaking His heart.
Just over three years ago I met my best friend, my husband. Christ blessed me with the best man I have ever known and we strive to live our life together as an example to other Christian Lovers!


Chastity is for Lovers

We are often asked why we use the word chastity over the word abstinence. Isn't it the same thing? Why would you tell married people to practice chastity? Are you saying that sex is bad even if you're married?

Most people think that abstinence and chastity are the same thing. Far from it: abstinence is simply abstaining from sex, but with some people that definition becomes very fuzzy. Some would say that remaining abstinent means refraining from all sexual activity, while others would say it simply refers to sexual intercourse and nothing else.

Chastity, on the other hand, is not just about abstaining from sexual behavior; it's a lifestyle that we choose to live. While chastity does include refraining from sexual activity before marriage, it also encompasses much more.

Chastity is not just for non-married people; it's something for everyone to embrace and practice. As a married man I must live a chaste life in my marriage and remain chaste to my wife. That does not mean that I abstain from sex with my wife; it means that I abstain from outside sexual behavior. A married couple enters into a bond and covenant with God to remain faithful to each other and to keep their marriage bed sacred.

Outside of the marriage covenant, sexual behavior is simply an act of lust. While many may say that they love each other and that it's entered into in love, it really cannot be defined as love. God is the creator of sex and He made us sexual beings. However, He did set guidelines for sex and created it for a purpose.

Sex is not simply about physical pleasure, as today's society may teach. If you were to look at what the media, educational system, Planned Parenthood, MTV and most of popular culture push onto the youth, you would think that humans were simply wild animals with no self-control.

Sex is so much more than just physical pleasure. It was created for two main purposes: reproduction and unity between man and wife. We, of course, know that there is physical pleasure involved, but that does not mean it's good for all occasions.

There is a popular saying: "If it feels good, it must be OK." We know that it would be ridiculous to apply that to everything in life. I know that drugs feel good, but does that make them OK? When someone commits a crime they may get a rush of adrenaline that feels good, but does that make it OK? There are many things in life that are fun and give us pleasure. That does not necessarily make them right.

Many also teach that sex is a taboo or dirty thing. While outside of the marriage covenant sex is forbidden by God, it i s not in and of itself dirty or taboo. Sex is a beautiful act that God created for man and wife to enjoy and to bring them closer together as one. Sex brings a unity and bond to a man and a woman that God intended for us to share in a loving relationship.

The word love is so misused in today's society; it has almost no meaning in most instances. God created love and gave us the ability to love. Lust, which is what takes place when we abuse sex and ignore its purpose, can very often be mistaken for love.

When people enter into a sexual relationship outside of the bonds of marriage it is simply to fulfill their own selfish desires for physical pleasure. When a man pressures a woman into sex and tells her, "You would if you loved me," he is simply coercing her for his own selfish desire. Lust becomes the driving factor, not love.

When young people start to date and become physically involved certain things happen inside their bodies. It's how we are created. Physical activity will trigger our bodies to react in ways that God intended, but He intended those reactions for marriage.

So, where do we draw the line? What is appropriate behavior for a man and woman who are not married? The question should not be, "How far can we go before it's a sin?" The question should be, "Are we acting in lust or in love?"

It seems so often that we just want to fulfill our own desires instead of wanting to honor God and our bodies in the way God intended. We look at sex and physical pleasure as simply that: pleasure.

Many groups teach that it's unhealthy to restrain ourselves and deny the sexual desires that we have for each other. This comes from the mindset that we should indulge in what feels good and live our lives for ourselves. This is contrary to all that God teaches us about life. The scripture teaches us in Galatians 2:20 , " I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."

We must live our lives for Christ and not for ourselves or for our selfish desires. Many of us forget this principle when it comes to our physical relationships, but truly unhealthy behavior is living our lives for ourselves, including engaging in sexual activity outside of the covenant of marriage. We all know that there are so many pitfalls to promiscuous sexual behavior such as STDs, unwed pregnancies, heartbreak and brokenness. The world seems to try so hard to come up with false hope and protection from these dangers, but the answer is simple.

If we truly act in love and treat sex as it was intended, then we can avoid these dangers along with a need for false safety nets. If we truly act in love we can experience sex in the way God intended it, which is the most beautiful expression of our love to each other.

If we are acting in lust, not love, then we are robbing ourselves of the true purpose of an amazing gift God gave to us. If we are acting in love, than we are honoring God and each other. If we are acting in love we are living a chaste life both before and in our marriage.

Chastity is for lovers.
Bryan Kemper bryankemper@standtrue.com

AGAIN? Planned Parenthood investigates alleged failure to report 'abuse'

By Stephanie Innes
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.05.2009

Planned Parenthood of Arizona is investigating an accusation that one of its staff members did not alert authorities when a girl who said she was 15 reported a pregnancy resulting from sex with a man nearly twice her age.

The accusation comes from Lila Rose, 20, a junior at UCLA and editor of an anti-abortion magazine, who did an undercover, hidden-camera operation at Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Center in Tucson. The girl in the video is not pregnant or a minor.

Planned Parenthood Arizona spokeswoman Jolinda Nestor said the video footage appears to be edited and is part of an "ongoing coordinated effort by a small but vocal minority that strongly opposes Planned Parenthood."

"At this time, we cannot verify the accuracy of the tapes," she said.

In the video, Rose's friend, 21-year-old Jackie Stollar, poses as a 15-year-old named Lizzie who says she was impregnated by her 27-year-old boyfriend, and Rose goes along as her friend. In Arizona, sexual conduct between an adult and a 15-year-old is a felony.

The Planned Parenthood nurse appears to disregard the boyfriend's age and advises Lizzie not to bring him to the judicial-bypass hearing that's required in Arizona to waive parental consent for abortion.

Planned Parenthood Arizona officials on Wednesday released a statement about Rose's video and stressed that an investigation is ongoing.

"Planned Parenthood Arizona provides high-quality health care and takes any allegation of this nature very seriously," said Rachel Chánes vice president of community services for Planned Parenthood Arizona.

"We are conducting an internal, fact-based review to ensure that all our high standards of care and legal obligations have been met. Planned Parenthood Arizona is committed to following all laws, and the health and safety of our patients is our top priority."

Arizona law says medical professionals must report suspected sexual abuse if there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the abuse occurred.

Rose said the video is part of a multistate investigation that she's undertaken to expose what she believes are cover-ups of sexual abuse by Planned Parenthood.
She denies the video footage, which can be viewed on YouTube, is intended as anti-abortion propaganda.

"Our goal is to expose sexual abuse cover-up for the public to see the truth about what is happening at Planned Parenthood and ultimately for state authorities to look at this evidence carefully and conduct their own investigations," she said.