JOHN
ASHCROFT DEMANDS RECORDS FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Friday, March 12, 2004
Attorney General John Ashcroft is requiring records of abortions
performed on hundreds of women at six Planned Parenthood affiliates
across the country.
In a motion for discovery filed against Planned Parenthood Federation
of America and subpoenas filed at the same time against Planned
Parenthood affiliates in several locations, John Ashcroft is demanding
medical records of abortions performed in the last year, some on
fetuses aborted early in the second trimester.
Vice President, Elizabeth Toledo, of Planned Parenthood Federation
is very upset about this plan and has claimed invasion into medical
privacy. She told ABC News that he was “overzealous in his
desire to attack access to legal abortions.”
“Not true”, says the Justice Department and here is
why:. Following President Bush’s signing into law the ban
on the procedure “partial-birth” abortion, Planned Parenthood
filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department saying the ban was
unconstitutional because sometimes the procedure is medically necessary.
Friends, this partial birth abortion procedure is to never medically
necessary to save the life of the mother..
The Justice Department wants the records now from Planned Parenthood
to see if
the partial birth abortions were actually necessary. And the Justice
Department
has also subpoenaed medical records from five university hospitals
due to a lawsuit filed by a group of doctors.
If there is nothing to cover up, why try to hide the records?
Ashcroft is just doing his job and it is not easy. I remember how
the liberals,
the pro-abortionists, the pornography pushers, and the homosexuals
did every-thing in their power to keep him from becoming the U.S.
Attorney General.
Today, even at this moment, urgent prayer is needed for John Ashcroft.
He is in the intensive care unit at George Washington University
Hospital. He is suffering with a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis,
a dangerous illness.
Take a moment if you will, and pray for complete healing of our
godly Attorney General. I remember having lunch with John Ashcroft
when he was considering a campaign for President. When he spoke
– Scripture fell from his lips.
I’m sure the enemy of our faith opposes John Ashcroft as
the powerful Attorney General. He needs your prayers and God’s
healing.
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