Pray for Those Who Persecute You

By Published on July 25, 2015

Like most people, I was appalled by the exposé of Planned Parenthood released last week by the Center for Medical Progress. Caught on video, Planned Parenthood’s senior medical director callously discusses the harvest and transfer of tiny hearts, lungs, and livers. She discusses where and how to “crush” unborn bodies with forceps in order to leave the marketable organs intact, and she assesses the monetary value of those organs. She explains the best methods by which to decapitate a small human being. The footage is sickening; the transcript is even worse.

I am not an attorney. I cannot judge whether Planned Parenthood violated laws against organ trafficking, medical negligence, or partial-birth abortion. In some ways, these questions are absurd: When laws exist to regulate the butchering of tiny human beings and the sale of their remains, compliance issues seem farcical. And yet these legal issues are important. They might lead to serious limitations of abortion and its funding. I am glad that these questions will be thoroughly investigated by competent authorities. I pray that they will be investigated fairly.

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