As if either side needed to garner any more controversy, Planned Parenthood is getting ready for battle with the anti-abortion group Live Action over sting operations in several clinics across the country.
The anti-abortion group recorded a conversation among a Planned Parenthood worker, an actor playing a pimp and another playing a prostitute. In the recording, the clinic worker prepares to secure an abortion for the woman, even if the worker has to lie to make the procedure cheaper for the prostitute.
Live Action points to its clandestinely shot footage as evidence the pro-abortion organization breaks the law to secure abortions and other services — even for sex traffickers dealing with minors. Planned Parenthood, however, says the worker who agreed to lie for the group went against organization policies.
In this case, we’re giving Planned Parenthood the benefit of the doubt because the practice of judging entire groups on one less-than-competent person could be used to call any group of people into question.
We’re bothered that people on both sides of the abortion debate are willing to connive for their causes. Does the end justify the means of multiple legal transgressions?
If both sides stuck to bringing a rational argument to the table, rather than relying on deception to expose the deceptive, maybe we’d be able to stomach the debate more easily.
