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135 House Republicans beg Department of Justice to Investigate Planned Parenthood

<p>House Republicans seek to launch a federal investigation as more and more Americans express outrage over the chilling content of the two videos leaked by Planned Parenthood&semi; videos showing the abortion giant making plans to sell fetal tissue&nbsp&semi;to biomedical companies&period; Pro-life advocates Sarah Palin and Carly Fiorina&nbsp&semi;lend their support as numerous politicians push for a vote on anti-Planned Parenthood legislation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lead by Representative Marsha Blackburn&comma; 135 House Representatives banded together to write a formal request to US Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding the Department of Justice take action&period; The House Energy and Commerce Committee&comma; of which Blackburn serves as Vice Chair&comma; has&nbsp&semi;already&nbsp&semi;launched its own investigation regarding Planned Parenthood&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The harvesting of human fetal body parts for sale is an activity which shocks the conscience&comma;&rdquo&semi; reads the request&period; &ldquo&semi;Moreover&comma; the tragic ethical considerations&comma; potential for criminal violations&comma; and involvement of taxpayer subsidies raise issues of great public importance&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pro-life advocate Sarah Palin has stepped up to join the campaign to defund Planned Parenthood&period; She posted a message to Facebook Sunday saying that it was Planned Parenthood that killed 90&comma;000 black babies last year&comma; NOT the Confederate flag&period; Although her logic is hard to follow&comma; her Facebook post has nearly 60&comma;000 shares&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Planned Parenthood performed over 300&comma;000 abortions in 2014&period; While the organization receives &dollar;500 million in federal support each year&comma; that money is forbidden from use in abortions&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to Rand Paul using &ldquo&semi;Rule 14&rdquo&semi; to push his anti-Planned Parenthood legislation&comma; Senator Mitch McConnell fast-tracked his own bill to remove funding from Planned Parenthood&period;&nbsp&semi;Meanwhile&comma; Representative Diane Black presented the <em>Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015<&sol;em> before the House and Majority Leader Rep&period; Kevin McCarthy proposes we stop federal funding until the investigations regarding the sale of baby body parts have been completed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Carly Fiorina has also thrown her hat into the ring&period; She released a video in which she criticizes the left for keeping silent on the matter&period; Fiorina couldn&rsquo&semi;t help but mention Hillary&rsquo&semi;s name as she spoke about preserving baby body parts and the evils of abortion&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;It doesn&rsquo&semi;t matter whether you think you&rsquo&semi;re pro-choice or pro-life&comma;&rdquo&semi; says Fiorina&period; &ldquo&semi;Every woman&comma; every man&comma; has to look at these videos and think&comma; &lsquo&semi;What has gone wrong in our nation&quest;&rsquo&semi;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Standing with her cadre of pro-life advocates&comma; she says&comma; &ldquo&semi;This is a terrible moment&period; And it is made even more terrible by the absolute deafening silence of the Democratic Party&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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