Planned Parenthood Responds to Infanticide Remarks

Planned Parenthood recently released a statement in an attempt to clarify their position on infanticide. They did not, however, disavow the statements by Mrs. Snow. Last week, Alisa Snow, lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, testified that the decision to kill a child that survives a failed abortion is at the whim of the mother and the abortion doctor.

Last week, a panel of Florida state legislators demanded speculation about a vague set of extremely unlikely and highly unusual medical circumstances.  Medical guidelines and ethics already compel physicians facing life-threatening circumstances to respond, and Planned Parenthood physicians provide high-quality medical care and adhere to the most rigorous professional standards, including providing emergency care. In the extremely unlikely event that the scenario presented by the panel of legislators should happen, of course Planned Parenthood would provide appropriate care to both the woman and the infant. (PPP 4/1/130)

Just how unlikely and unusual are these circumstances? In 2008, an undercover video shows Planned Parenthood’s staff very aware of circumstances involving a baby surviving an abortion.