Indiana:
Indiana Clears Planned Parenthood Of Wrongdoing In Investigation Sparked By Deceptively-Edited Videos
UPDATE: Massachusetts Also Finds Planned Parenthood To Be "Fully Compliant" With The Law
Blog ››› July 31, 2015 1:00 PM EDT ››› ALEXANDREA BOGUHN
The Indiana State Department of Health found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood clinics in the state in regards to the handling of fetal tissue donations after an investigation sparked by a shady anti-choice organization's heavily edited videos was completed.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence -- a Republican who has long
championed efforts to defund Planned Parenthood --
ordered an investigation by the Indiana State Department of Health in cooperation with the state's Office of the Attorney General on July 16, citing "the recent video referencing Planned Parenthood's alleged trafficking of aborted fetal tissue." The move came just days after The Center for Medical Progress
released a deceptive video claiming that Planned Parenthood was "selling aborted baby parts" that was roundly
called out by the media for "show[ing] nothing illegal" and having selectively edited footage. The investigation was launched despite the fact
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky "does not participate in any tissue donation program."
On July 30, Indiana officially
cleared Planned Parenthood clinics in the state of wrongdoing, finding "no evidence of any laws being broken" in the handling of fetal tissue, according to an Associated Press report. Pointing to letters from the Indiana Department of Health to the clinics investigated which stated that the agency was "unable to find any non-compliance with state regulations" the report noted that "the complaint is closed":..
Indiana Clears Planned Parenthood Of Wrongdoing In Investigation Sparked By Deceptively-Edited Videos
Massachusetts:
Planned Parenthood ‘fully compliant’ with law, Healey says
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff July 29, 2015
Attorney General Maura Healey says her office has found no evidence that the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is operating the sort of fetal tissue donation program highlighted in a series of undercover videos released by a national anti-abortion group in recent weeks.
Healey’s office conducted the review at the request of state Representative James J. Lyons Jr., an Andover Republican who cited a Center for Medical Progress video that showed a Planned Parenthood official discussing how the group provides fetal parts to medical researchers over lunch at a Los Angeles restaurant...
Healey: Mass. Planned Parenthood ‘fully compliant’ with the law - The Boston Globe
Georgia, South Dakota Investigations Conclude No Wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood
by
Teddy Wilson, Reporting Fellow, RH Reality Check
August 13, 2015 - 12:29 pm
State agency representatives from Georgia and South Dakota announced this week that their investigations into Planned Parenthood have found that the organization did not violate any laws related to fetal tissue donation. (
Shutterstock)
See more of our coverage on the effects of the misleading Center for Medical Progress videos
here.
State agency representatives from Georgia and South Dakota announced this week that their investigations into Planned Parenthood have found that the organization did not violate any laws related to fetal tissue donation. Similar investigations in
Florida, Indiana, and Massachusetts have also found
no evidence of wrongdoing...
Georgia, South Dakota Investigations Conclude No Wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood
The DOJ is also investigating the group that is behind all the allegations.