The View waded into the Planned Parenthood-Susan G. Komen debate last week by defending Planned Parenthood and accusing Republicans of creating a false investigation into the organization.

Barbara Walters led the defense by describing Planned Parenthood as the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare provider and advocate. She then went on to say that the reason they are being “investigated” by a Republican Congressman is that they do counseling on abortions, and stated emphatically that they do not use federal money for that purpose, which is what the investigation is about.

Walters went on to list other services that Planned Parenthood provides, such as sex education, contraception, cancer screening, etc.

But as Ross Douthat pointed out in The New York Times, Planned Parenthood provided 329,445 abortions versus just 841 recommendations for adoption to pregnant women in 2010. That’s not really counseling as much as it is encouragement to get an abortion, in my opinion.

And according to Douthat, Planned Parenthood has a pretty good incentive to recommend abortions. He says that about 10 percent of the group’s clients have received an abortion, with critics saying that as much as 30 to 40 percent of its health center revenue is from the procedure.

When Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the lone conservative on the show, mentioned that Planned Parenthood was the largest abortion provider in the country, Whoopi Goldberg quickly turned it back to what Walters had stated earlier. She called the idea that the group used federal money for abortions a lie that has been proven to be false over and over again.

Walters and her liberal co-hosts accept that as fact, and the mainstream media have repeated it over and over again. Why not let the congressional investigation continue? Maybe because they’re afraid it might just prove that their so called “truth” was a lie and they can’t stomach the thought of that potential outcome.

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6 Comments for The View Defends Planned Parenthood, Slams Republicans [Video]

Brujo Blanco

Nothing happens in a vacuum. If Planned Parenthood does not use federal funds to pay for abortion qnd that is certified by an investigation what is the problem? So what if Repubilcans want an investigation. Dems have created their share of investigations. Perhaps the liberals on this show do not want an investigation because it would run contrary to their political proclivities.

mike

As a liberal I feel its a witchhunt. As an American I want transparency. Let the investigation happen. If it turns out that conservatives were correct in their assumptions then so be it and the organization will have to answer for that. If on the otherhand it turns out to be nothing. Then for the love of god can we move on to something else. Wedge issues suck. And as long as we stand divided we can never be the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Simply my opinion you don’t have to agree.

Sherri

Anyone who watches this show has a mind that wanders in a desert. I quit watching it years ago when it was obvious the hosts were dirty-minded, vapid old women.

Geoff Harris

Not very honest with your name are you, you only have a problem with news that doesnt conform to your right wing views, shame on you. Got a regular spot on Fox News?

The Major

The Komen Found. said that they will not donate to ANY org. that is under investigation. Plain & Simple,right??? If it is their RIGHT to do so,,,then PRO-Left & especially “The View” have NO beef at all. When it is all settled they can resume to donate,,,but they have ‘caved’ so as not to lose donations to their OWN cause from the Left as well as the Right.
Most people I have ever known are at WORK when “The View” at that time of the day,,,,,but,,,,does anything they say really MATTER???? Consider the source???