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Planned Parenthood executive slams GOP questioning
Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" Wednesday that Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards faced "haranguing" by Republicans through an intense Hill hearing Tuesday.
It was "terrible optics," she said, for "five hours of haranguing and grilling Cecile Richards yesterday and not barely letting her get a word in edgewise where she was explaining very clearly what Planned Parenthood does, who Planned Parenthood serves and why Planned Parenthood is so important to the women, men and families of this country."
Laguens' rebuttal comes just a day after Richards struggled through rapid-fire questions of everything from her six-figure salary and "lavish" spending by the group to accusations that her group broke the law by allegedly selling fetal tissue for research.
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, repeatedly interrupted and talked over Richards Tuesday. A flash point came as he posted a graph allegedly showing that the number of abortions provided by the group allegedly overtook the number of cancer screenings and prevention services provided by Planned Parenthood under Richards' watch.
It was "terrible optics," she said, for "five hours of haranguing and grilling Cecile Richards yesterday and not barely letting her get a word in edgewise where she was explaining very clearly what Planned Parenthood does, who Planned Parenthood serves and why Planned Parenthood is so important to the women, men and families of this country."
Laguens' rebuttal comes just a day after Richards struggled through rapid-fire questions of everything from her six-figure salary and "lavish" spending by the group to accusations that her group broke the law by allegedly selling fetal tissue for research.
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, repeatedly interrupted and talked over Richards Tuesday. A flash point came as he posted a graph allegedly showing that the number of abortions provided by the group allegedly overtook the number of cancer screenings and prevention services provided by Planned Parenthood under Richards' watch.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/politics/planned-parenthood-evp-dawn-laguens-republicans/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iref=obnetwork
