(Missouri) Senators Summon Planned Parenthood CEO Over Subpoena

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Missouri lawmakers in a rare move Thursday voted to summon the CEO of a regional Planned Parenthood to explain why she should not be held in contempt of the state Senate for defying a subpoena that demanded documents on how the organization handles fetal remains.

The 24-8 party-line Senate vote follows Republican outcry over undercover videos released last summer that alleged Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue for profit. The organization has denied the allegations in the videos, which reference its St. Louis clinic, the state's only abortion provider, and Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster found no evidence of wrongdoing in Missouri.

The Missouri Senate is ordering Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, to appear in the chamber at 2 p.m. April 25 to justify why she has not complied with the November subpoena — and why she should not face punishment. Senators also approved a measure that summons Dr. James Miller for the same time. Miller owns the suburban St. Louis Pathology Services Inc. that reviews fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood.

Kogut told the Associated Press on Thursday that she hasn't decided whether she will appear and she's still discussing the matter with regional Planned Parenthood officials and their attorneys.

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By ADAM ATON AND SUMMER BALLENTINE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Apr 14, 2016, 11:27 PM ET

[6000eliot]

1. "Why isn't she hopping into our kangaroo court?"

[glinda]

2. Sometimes I think that Planned parenthood should just change their name.

Maybe call themselves "Community & Women's Health". That might douse %50 of the propaganda success.

[hollysmom]

3. at this point, I think that the prochoice people are going about it wrong - jsut get private

investigators and expose them to their religious fans..
these people are obsessed about sex, OBSESSED - this is not your normal sexual person, there people are usually perverts when you look into them - now a little perversion can be a good thing, but not to their supporters - I say expose the hypocrites. They are not really good moral shepherds. they are over the line.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. I would ask the senators:

Do you really want to go digging into our patient records? It could prove embarrassing to some in the anti-abortion movement, perhaps even on this committee.