Yesterday, Planned Parenthood released a statement saying that of its three clinics that currently participate in fetal tissue research programs, the two clinics that accept reimbursements for expenses related to the donation of such tissue will cover their own costs from now on. Federal law already permits reimbursements to cover donation expenses and no investigation has ever found Planned Parenthood to be in violation of that law.
However, Sen. Ted Cruz has taken Planned Parenthood’s statement as an admission of guilt that it was breaking the law, which shows that he either doesn’t know the law or is willfully misrepresenting it to voters.
The Texas Republican told Newsmax host Ed Berliner yesterday that he is “glad that they’ve announced to stop committing federal felonies,” insisting that Planned Parenthood was “caught on film repeatedly violating federal law, essentially admitting to a pattern of felonies.” He then repeated his pledge to immediately launch a Justice Department investigation into the organization once elected president.
