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Planned Parenthood, ‘Safe Haven’ for Sex Trafficking: A Shocking, Breaking Video

“Absurd,” is how 23-year-old Lila Rose, president of Live Action, a new media group devoted to investigating and educating about the abortion industry, describes the group’s latest expose. 

A pimp and a prostitute walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic.

And they’re told: “We want as little information as possible.”

When Lila Rose and her Live Action team came up with their latest undercover scenario, they came up with an admittedly “obvious and bold one.” She explains: “We tried to make it easy for Planned Parenthood to do the right thing.”

And so the actor playing the pimp literally walks into a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic announcing he is involved in sex work and that some of the girls are underage.

The clinic office manager clearly gets the picture. Not that she’s being set up. But that he needs her help to keep operating. And she’s willing to help. He says he has a sexually transmitted disease and is worried one of the girls working for him may have given it to him. But he also has other service inquiries to inquire about.

And all of this seems like another day at the office for the Planned Parenthood clinic worker. Where she’s coaching this sex trafficker on how to get underage girls he indicates he is employing as sex slaves from Asia.

The clinic worker even assumes the girls are illegal. Watch the video. Do watch the video. She has no doubt what she’s dealing with in the scenario.

Watching this new video that Live Action is releasing this morning, the best-case scenario for understanding what the heck might be motivating this woman is: She knows this goes on and she wants to make these kids as safe as possible. But she could be part of the solution and actually report this crime. The Live Action senario before her presents criminal behavior –  sex trafficking. And yet she meets it with even more. She even calls a colleague an awful name for being more “anal” about the rules. About sex trafficking? About child abuse?

Talking about underage girls at one point, she even offers her philosophy that an underage girl is “still entitled to care without mom knowing what the hell is going on.”

And apparently even if mom is far out of the picture and she’s slaving away for a pimp, birth control should be provided, abortions should be provided.  

This particular video was taken of a clinic visit on January 11 in Perth Amboy, N.J. The timing of the video comes as New Jersey governor Chris Christie – who has already said “no” already for some Planned Parenthood funding — has a bill before him he could veto that would be another Planned Parenthood entry for some state and federal funds.

The release of the video this morning has been “expedited” by recent media reports that Planned Parenthood is onto Live Action’s most recent routine and wants the FBI involved. There is nothing Lila Rose would welcome more. (She has yet to receive any notification from Planned Parenthood or the FBI. All she knows she’s read in the media.)

From her undercover work, it is absolutely clear, Rose says, that “the perfect partner for a pimp is Planned Parenthood itself.” This Perth Amboy clinic presents itself “a save haven for sex trafficking.”

She’s confident both in the transparency of her group’s undercover work, and enthusiastic in the prospect of a full review by the Department of Justice about how Planned Parenthood officials flagrantly violate mandatory reporting requirements of the sexual abuse of minors.

Rose believes that the innocent unborn need to be protected, but also has a great love for these women who find themselves in these clinics. “Every prostitute is a victim,” she says.

“Planned Parenthood could be the first line of defense,” Rose says, for an Asian girl smuggled into the country for sex. Instead, in this particular Pert Amboy clinic, a sex trafficker was coached into how to make everything “look as legit as possible.” Coaching. “For the most part, we want as little information as possible,” she explained. The Planned Parenthood worker’s only obstacle to providing him the full “streamlined” services he wants to keep his business running is some auditing details she’s worried they could get caught on for abortions of these girls, in the country illegally, under 14 and 13, needing abortions. Saying – laughing — “You’ve never got this from me. Just to make all our lives easier,” she hands the pimp the name of another, non-Planned Parenthood clinic, which can get away with more. “They’re protocols are not as strict as ours, they get audited differently.”

When asked how long a girl might have to wait to get back to the work of the sex trade after an abortion, two weeks minimum is the answer. He protests, “We’ve still got to make money.” The clinic worker understands his predicament and so advises that the girls can still work “Waist up, or just be that extra action walking by” to advertise the girls who are still at full-body work.

It’s chilling. It’s ridiculous to know that in the wake of catching onto Live Action’s fieldwork, Planned Parenthood has reportedly warned its clinic workers to know there could be cameras on them. Another kind of alert is called for.

We can do something about it. Join Rose in calling for an investigation. Support those in Congress who want the country’s largest abortion provider – currently in expansion mode — defunded.

Rose believes that “a lot of people are just unaware.” That Planned Parenthood receives taxpayer funding. That Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the country. That Planned Parenthood makes a profit. That Planned Parenthood could be so “callous” as LifeAction has seen in its investigations.

Perth Amboy is the second-largest Planned Parenthood clinic operated by Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey. Planned Parenthood currently has plans to double it’s New Jersey presence.

And while she believes the abortion aspect makes people uncomfortable about our involvement in this picture and that she herself is “100 percent pro-life,” she adds that there is “the other victim of abortion,” the woman, who often may feel like she does not have a choice. And in the case of the Perth Amboy scenario, would have fallen victims to a clinic workers willingness to “aid and abet her sexual abuser.”

Rose’s investigative projects have already shown that workers routinely work with an underage girl, a girl who lets slip she’s been abused. She wondered if it got worse. “What if you actually get to see the abuser on tape?” Now we have some idea. The video lays it out clearly. “Who could not be shocked and upset?,” Rose asks. And called to action.

Watch the video. Be warned, besides the obvious disturbing nature of it, there is crass language. Though I don’t know how you get more crass than the subject matter, more offensive than what goes on in this country, an with taxpayer funding. Yes, there is criminal activity here. At one point, the clinic worker on tape even jokingly — but seriously for the business of sex work — refers to one colleague in particular as her “partner in crime.” But make no mistake. These are wicked fruits of a culture of death.

UPDATE: Planned Parenthood reacts

New on The Corner. . .


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   02/01/11 10:10
   02/01/11 10:19

Some people choose to have an abortion , respect that.

And I bet you are one of those people who are "pro-life" but also "pro- death penalty" and believe that at the gates of heaven the gate keepers will be totally undertandstanding about your desparate plea that you thought "though shall not kill" has footnotes & exemptions. Just saying.

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   02/01/11 10:21

Planned parenthood alerted this to the FBI last week that someone was probably posing as sex traffickers to try to entrap Planned Parenthood. Also, this woman and her colleague James O'Keefe have demonstrated many times that they think nothing of editing their video to affirm their agenda.

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   02/01/11 10:25

DrPalin - if you could type what you did after watching this video, then you ought to be seriously ashamed of yourself.

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kbst
   02/01/11 10:25

Isn't it possible the PP worker knew this was a ruse? It seems much more likely than the idea that someone working in a PP clinic, who is probably pretty liberal and feminist, would knowingly aid someone exploiting underage sex workers.

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   02/01/11 10:36

Pretty Damning video.

But there is one piece missing. Where exactly is the PP worker told these are prostitutes? The "waist up" edit may have been a discussion about adult prostitutes.

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   02/01/11 10:37

"Also, this woman and her colleague James O'Keefe have demonstrated many times that they think nothing of editing their video to affirm their agenda."

Geez, if they were left-wingers, they could win an Oscar for best documentary. Regardless of what an attention wh*re O'Keefe is, he routinely delivers the goods on leftards. You should be thankful that there's an amateurish aspect to his undertakings as it leaves a tiny opening for dutiful sheep like yourself to spread contrary spin in the aftermath. But sane people nonetheless know what they're seeing.

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   02/01/11 10:40

If lefists were caught redhanded burning down an orphanage, their defenders would reflexively claim they were "entrapped" into doing it. This is one of their more meaningless talking points. It's not possible for a private citizen to entrap someone. Entrapment refers to the activities of law enforcement personnel only.

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   02/01/11 10:43

Planned Parenthood is an abortion mill, funded by taxpayers. That alone should disgust people.

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Dave From Tampa
   02/01/11 10:43

Wouldn't it be nice if other government agencies like the EPA or the Dept. of Labor took on the same pro-business attitude as Planned Parenthood.

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   02/01/11 10:52

Where is the unedited footage?

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   02/01/11 10:52

The price that the Catholic Church is paying for not reporting molestation cases already informs us what must be done about this.

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Paladin5000
   02/01/11 11:01

THere is only one word for what is being described here: Evil. Not the passive, remnant-of-original-sin, we're-all-evil-because-we-aren't-wholly-with-God kind of evil.

The active, wanting to destroy all that is good in creation kind of evil.

And taxpayer money supports it.

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   02/01/11 11:22

New Jersey representin'. Yo!

Or, as we here in Jersey usually put it. "Flush twice, it's a long way to Jersey."

Absolutely disgusting.

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Randy M
   02/01/11 11:56

To clear up some misconceptions, James O'Keefe's partner in the Acorn sting was Hannah Giles, not Lila Rose.

Death penalty is in no way analagous to abortion, and the commandment is "thou shalt not murder"--since God commanded capital punishment for murder, I don't think he considers it such.

And while I cannot possibly ever hope to respect a woman choosing to have an abortion, that isn't even what is discussed here. Surely anyone who favors abortion for "choice" reasons finds this truely apalling as well? But alas, liberals would rather see woman exploited than give rhetorical ammunition to conservatives by citing any abortion as bad.

If the PP worker thought this was a ruse, would she "play along" or get angry and throw them out for wasting her time and insulting her by presenting such a terrible situation? Alas, the implied insult to her and other abortion supporters is well deserved apparently.

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   02/01/11 12:26

Hooray! Conservative care about sex trafficking!

So could someone please tell Jeff Sessions to lift his hold on the sex trafficking bill, that would help the victims of sex trafficking?

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   02/01/11 12:31

Also, I must say, after James O'Keefe (a buddy of Lila Rose) was busted for his deceptive editing and outright lies regarding his ACORN footage, I have a problem believing these people. You can edit footage to tell a whole bunch of crazy stories, and that's what these folks do.

Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of pre-natal care for poor pregnant women in the U.S. I am sure that conservative organizations will step up and provide that if they successfully shut down PP, right?

I won't hold my breath. Trying to destroy organizations that help the poor is the conservative bailiwick. Replacing them with something else is not...that's much harder.

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Christopher Landrum
   02/01/11 12:52

But what about all the conservative and libertarian men who happen to be beta-males--what is their (our) incentive to politically prioritize this issue? How will those estranged from women be convinced that they'll benefit at the end of the line? It isn't just liberals who find assurances in apathy.

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Paul Harmon
   02/01/11 13:21

"Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of pre-natal care for poor pregnant women in the U.S. I am sure that conservative organizations will step up and provide that if they successfully shut down PP, right?" - RiotLibrarian.

Baloney (or words to that effect). The Catholic Church is the largest provider of pre-natal care for poor pregnant women in the US, and in the world. The Anglican communion comes in second.

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Paul Harmon
   02/01/11 13:23

"James O'Keefe (a buddy of Lila Rose) was busted for his deceptive editing and outright lies regarding his ACORN footage" - RiotLibrarian

Very doubtful. It would have been a major controversy, and the leftists in the mainstream media would never have let it lie. I watch this topic carefully, and I've never heard that particular... lie.

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