Planned Parenthood and Child Sex Trafficking

This was brought to my attention by The Gospel Coalition blog. It is an undercover video of an office manager at a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic who not only looks the other way when child sex trafficking is blatantly presented to her, she also appears to recommend the heinous abortion clinic run by Kermit Gosnell to perform services her clinic cannot. The video was released today by Live Action, which bills itself as "a new media movement for life."

And it is utterly appalling:

A Planned Parenthood manager in New Jersey coaches a man and a woman posing as sex traffickers how to secure secret abortions, STD testing, and contraception for their female underage sex slaves, and make their whole operation “look as legit as possible” in an undercover video released this morning.

Clinic manager Amy Woodruff, LPN, of Planned Parenthood Central New Jersey’s Perth Amboy center, warns the pimp and his prostitute to have their trafficked underage girls lie about their age to avoid mandatory reporting laws, promising, “even if they lie, just say, ‘Oh he's the same age as me, 15,’…it's just that mainly 14 and under we have to, doesn't matter if their partner's the same age, younger, whatever, 14 and under we have to report.” She says, “For the most part, we want as little information as possible.”

Woodruff also recommends how the pimp can get his prostitutes cheaper contraception by claiming they are “students”: “If they're minors, put down that they're students. Yeah, just kind of play along that they’re students--we want to make it look as legit as possible.”

If one of the young trafficked girls needs an abortion, Woodruff refers the pimp and prostitute to the Metropolitan Medical Association, where “their protocols aren’t as strict as ours and they don’t get audited the same way that we do.” The prostitute in the video asks how long after the abortion until the girls can have sex again, and when Woodruff says “minimum of 2 weeks,” she asks what sex acts the girls could still do to make money. Woodruff advises, “Waist up, or just be that extra action walking by” to advertise sex to potential clients. 

Sex trafficking is punishable under federal law and carries a potential life sentence. The new video is released by Live Action, a pro-life new media organization led by 22-year-old Lila Rose. The video airs just days after Planned Parenthood’s leadership suspected the sting operation and sought an FBI probe of Live Action in order to deter the release of the exposé. Live Action is sending full footage to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, NJ Attorney General Paula Dow, officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and other law enforcement officials, requesting federal and state investigations into Planned Parenthood’s sexual abuse and sex trafficking cover up.

Comments

[Adele]

For once, I'm speechless. What?!?! This is heart breaking.

[Isabelle]

Carolyn,
Thanks so much for posting this! Heartbreaking. Revolting.

Will keep following this story. And I will be praying.

[StillSingle]

UNBELIEVEABLE!! This is shocking. I can't even formulate a response to this. The words "seared conscience" are all that come to mind.

[Michelle]

While the actions of a single Planned Parenthood staffer should be taken into question, many Planned Parenthood staffers sensed this was a hoax and called the FBI. They took responsibility. Do not let the actions of one employee discredit the good this organization does for many woman. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/01/fbi-planned-parenthood-hoax-suspects_n_817201.html

[Kristin]

I'm not a fan of Planned Parenthood, but I'm also not a fan of agenda-driven half-truths.

As Michelle noted above, Planned Parenthood did in fact notify authorities, despite the fact that they suspected this was a hoax--which it was.

Which begs the question--what kind of organization undercovers as sex traffickers?
Not one that I would quote on my blog.

"Falsely claiming sex trafficking to health professionals to advance a political agenda is an astoundingly cynical form of political activity."

Kristin

[Rachael Starke]

Michelle,

Respectfully, there are now 2 separate videos, with word that more will be released tomorrow (Friday). Given that Planned Parenthood cares so much for women, and is no doubt aware that such lawbreakers may come looking for their services, surely their people are regularly, rigorously trained to defend women and minors when these lawbreakers visit them?

Surely there are swaths of documents, processes, policies that clearly teach PP workers to protect women and girls who are brought to them, from these entirely illegal, exploitative, evil men? Surely there are at least the same number of published processes and policies which warn their staff of the consequences for failing to protect and defend these women and girls from their exploiters, and to not even give the appearance of enablement (for fear of guaranteed public reprisal).

Any organization that sought to care for the wellbeing of women and children would do no less to actively protect them from danger.

May God grant the perpetrators eyes to see the depth of their sin, and may that drive them to the cross, where there is an ever greater depth of mercy and forgiveness in Jesus.

[Ellen Kim]

Did anyone report this LPN to New Jersey State Board of Nursing? Let them investigate this nurse. Unbelieveable action on part of this nurse.

[Rita]

This was not the actions of 'one lousy' employee, but THE CLINIC DIRECTOR! She's the one in charge.

Also, this type of crap is not exclusive to the NJ location. It's happening at other locations.

Kristin, it's NOT advancing a political agenda to uncover the tactics and morally wrong behavior of an organization receiving my tax dollars! If something is WRONG, then it's WRONG. Are we not to question any organization? Is it some sacred cow?!

[Phoebe Nelsonj]

hello
I went to Planned Parenthood when I didn't have health insurance to get my annual Pap Smear. I found them to be professional and helpful. They provide an affordable way for women to get check ups and access to birth control.

[Michele Wolam]

Hi Phoebe,
A lady named Abby Johnson, a former planned parenthood director, wrote a book called, "Unplanned." In this book she states that of the women who are at a planned parenthood clinic for the purpose of getting an abortion, 50% of them were using some form of birth control. Planned parenthood knows that 50% of their clients who come to them for birth control will be back for an abortion. By providing reproductive health care and birth control, they develop a relationship with their clients and their clients will more than likely choose planned parenthood as their abortion provider.
Planned parenthood does not provide mammograms. As for affordable GYN exams without health insurance, many other clinics and doctors are available, clinics and doctors who are not in the abortion business.