Planned Parenthood and Abortion: Second Sting Video Reveals Tissue-Collection Technique and Haggling For Body Parts

For the second time in a week, a sting video targeting how Planned Parenthood handles tissue donations has been released. The new video, like the first, was released by The Center for Medical Progress and shows an executive for the group talking about tissues from aborted fetuses, specifically the "acceptable" cost of handling a donated sample, according to Politico.

Mary Gatter, president of Planned Parenthood's medical director council, is seen in the video discussing prices for tissue donations.

"Let me just figure out what others are getting," Gatter says, according to the 8-minute-long Center for Medical Progress video. "...And if this is in the ballpark, then it's fine, if it's still low, then we can bump it up. I want a Lamborghini," she says, jokingly.

The full version of the video has not yet been released, but in the edited version Gatter does specify that Planned Parenthood does not donate tissue for profit.

With the release of the newest video, Planned Parenthood released a statement on Tuesday, saying the "heavily edited" clips are from a "widely discredited" group.

"This morning, another very heavily edited video was released by activists who have been widely discredited and who edited a video last week to twist its meaning completely and support false claims," said Eric Ferrero, vice president of communications at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "What we see on this tape is a woman who says 'we're not in it for the money,' and that any money must be related to reimbursement for costs."

The first video focused less on the price of tissue donations and more on how the samples are actually gathered, which some see as a gruesome process.

Ferrero said that The Center for Medical Progress consists of "extremists who have intimidated women and doctors for years in their agenda to ban abortion completely."

Planned Parenthood insists that it donates tissue in a completely legal way and only when when a patient requests specifically requests it. The group said last week that The Center for Medical Progress may have a lot more sting footage.

"(The Center for Medical Progress) likely has 'thousands of hours of videotape' that it will 'deceptively edit into short video clips to release for many months,'" said Roger Evans, a Planned Parenthood attorney, according to The Huffington Post.

Watch the newest sting video below.

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