MSNBC pulls out some surprising stats about Planned Parenthood, courtesy of Planned Parenthood
As much as the creators of no-apology hashtag campaigns like #ShoutYourAbortion would prefer organizations like Planned Parenthood to follow their lead, when the threat of losing taxpayer funding is in the air, supporters like Mark Ruffalo tend to talk more about cancer screenings than abortions.
A lot of MSNBC viewers were likely surprised Tuesday when they learned from an onscreen graphic that abortions account for (at least) 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services. Only 3 percent? That number seems awfully low.
Love MSNBC's source for this statistic about Planned Parenthood https://t.co/fouowBHlG0 pic.twitter.com/l1qY3b4GW6
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) June 28, 2017
Ah! If you look closely enough, you see the source of that figure is Planned Parenthood itself. There’s no way the woman from the undercover video is every going to afford that Lamborghini if the baby part business is operating at that volume.
Love the "At least"
— M O A B (@tcat0169) June 28, 2017
That handy graphic was part of a longer segment that aired on MSNBC Tuesday. As Conor Beck noted at the Washington Free Beacon, MSNBC bypassed any number of Democrat politicians and went straight to the source, havingPlanned Parenthood’s Director of Constituency Communications sit in for a grilling byanchor Ali Velshi, who is “not an advocate” for Planned Parenthood, by the way.
MSNBC Anchor Says Planned Parenthood Is a 'Critical Tool For Saving Lives' https://t.co/gUOQVSgVam pic.twitter.com/ESICk6fy9g
— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) June 28, 2017
The irony is rich. https://t.co/YLF4Uhzfp8
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) June 28, 2017
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