Couric: Pro-Lifers Make It ‘Harder Than Ever’ to Work at Planned Parenthood
By Scott Whitlock
Liberal, pro-abortion journalist Katie Couric on Tuesday interviewed
the President of Planned Parenthood and worried about how “tough”
pro-life supporters were making things for the organization. Couric
snidely noted, “While Planned Parenthood says that abortions account for
just three percent of its clinical work, opponents won’t be happy until
that number is zero.”
(Couric did not point out that the organization makes hundreds of millions from abortions.) Talking to President Cecile Richards, the journalist, who now interviews people for Yahoo, fretted, “The videos inflamed already passionate critics, making it harder than ever for the organization to do its job. How tough is it to find clinicians who are willing to work at Planned Parenthood clinics and what kinds of challenges do they face?”
Speaking of scandal related to undercover videos, Couric gently questioned:
The journalist should be commended for at least asking a few tough
questions. She referred to Planned Parenthood as “controversial” and
pressed about the hidden footage: “Did they, even if they were edited in
your view, expose a side of Planned Parenthood that needed exposing?”
But, overall, the interview tilted towards sympathy for Richards. That shouldn’t be surprising as Couric in 2008 won an award from the pro-abortion National Organization for Women. Life News recounted how Couric’s pro-abortion lobbying accidentally was exposed on television:
It was somebody that looked like you.”
Editor’s note. This appeared at newsbusters.org and is reprinted with permission.
Source: NRLC News
Katie Couric (left) interviews PPFA President Cecile Richards
(Couric did not point out that the organization makes hundreds of millions from abortions.) Talking to President Cecile Richards, the journalist, who now interviews people for Yahoo, fretted, “The videos inflamed already passionate critics, making it harder than ever for the organization to do its job. How tough is it to find clinicians who are willing to work at Planned Parenthood clinics and what kinds of challenges do they face?”
Speaking of scandal related to undercover videos, Couric gently questioned:
KATIE COURIC: Planned Parenthood
has always had its opponents, but the videos created outrage in the
anti-abortion community and galvanized conservative members of Congress.
The result? The real possibility of cutting taxpayer dollars that go to
Planned Parenthood. Eliminating 41 percent of its 1.3 billion annual
budget. What would defunding Planned Parenthood have done to this
organization?
But, overall, the interview tilted towards sympathy for Richards. That shouldn’t be surprising as Couric in 2008 won an award from the pro-abortion National Organization for Women. Life News recounted how Couric’s pro-abortion lobbying accidentally was exposed on television:
The CBS News anchor had been able
to keep her abortion advocacy a secret until actress Whoopi Goldberg
accidentally exposed her in a September 1997 interview.
Goldberg embarrassed Couric by mentioning the then-NBC host’s participation in a pro-abortion march.
During the interview, Couric asked about Goldberg’s book and why she would write on the topic of “choice” – meaning abortion.
“Well because, you know, when you get out there and you march, because we’ve marched together,” Goldberg said.
Couric, feigning ignorance, and retorted, “Nooo. I’m not allowed to do that.”
Goldberg, playing along, with
tongue firmly implanted in cheek as she stared upward, “Oh, no that’s
right. We have not marched together. It was somebody that looked like It was somebody that looked like you.”
Editor’s note. This appeared at newsbusters.org and is reprinted with permission.
Source: NRLC News
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