Posted July 30, 2015 3:11 AM ET Last updated August 15, 2015 4:00 PM ET
She made her "investigation" within two weeks before all of the videos were released. She admitted she did not view them. It is clear she is a spokesman for Planned Parenthood, not the only one in Massachusetts government.
[From article]
Attorney General Maura Healey is blasting the debate in Washington over defunding Planned Parenthood as “the most recent offensive in a decadeslong campaign to cut off women’s access to health care,” according to an email she fired off to supporters yesterday.
That missive quickly led abortion opponents to accuse the state’s top law enforcement officer of taking a political stance they say disqualifies her from probing whether the women’s health provider is scoring illegal profits from fetal parts. That charge has been leveled by anti-abortion
activists in a series of disturbing undercover videos of staffers at Planned Parenthood and another abortion provider.
“I’ve had enough. The latest attacks in Washington on Planned Parenthood are nothing new,” Healey wrote in the email. “This debate in Congress? There’s simply no ‘there’ there. ... For the sake of those women and their families, let’s put this smoke-and-mirrors ‘debate’ to rest. Standing up for women’s health care means standing with Planned Parenthood.”
Opponents were quick to seize on Healey’s message, which was sent out just days after she cleared the state’s chapter of Planned Parenthood in the scandal.
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“It’s not a smart thing to do for a politician to take such a public advocacy stance, particularly in her position, on something that she may be ruling on down the road,” said Anne Fox, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. “So she’s going to have to plan on recusing herself.
“If she were dog catcher or something it wouldn’t matter, but in her position, for her to make these statements, it makes it kind of embarrassing to be a citizen of Massachusetts.”
Healey, who declined to comment, has been a poster pol for Planned Parenthood, crediting its endorsement as “a game changer for my campaign” for AG, according to a posting featured prominently on the website of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which donated $1,256 to her.
“Obviously your attorney general is in the tank for Planned Parenthood and refuses to weigh the evidence like a prosecutor ought to,” Center for Medical Progress board member Troy Newman told the Herald. “She is taking something that is a simple law and order matter and turning it into a political issue and burying her head in the sand.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/08/foes_eye_ag_bias_for_planned_parenthood
Foes eye AG bias for Planned Parenthood
Friday, August 7, 2015
By: Owen Boss
Boston Herald
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Nothing to see here folks, move along.
By July 23, 2015 the Attorney General agrees to investigate and concludes there is no illegal activity. How does she know? Someone in her office spoke with the Planned Parenthood Office in Massachusetts. Link here
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/07/ag_maura_healey_will_review_planned_parenthood_practices
On July 29, 2015 the AG issues a formal statement declaring the investigation is complete, finding no wrongdoing. Does she sound as if she applies the Obama-Holder doctrine to Planned Parenthood? Inconvenient laws may be ignored. In Massachusetts state laws are optional, just in case.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/07/ag_healey_clears_mass_planned_parenthood
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[From article]
“My office spoke with Planned Parenthood and they assured us this type of alleged activity does not happen here,” Healey told Boston Herald Radio’s “Morning Meeting.” “That said, we are going to review it, we are going to ask questions, as always is the case. We will always make sure to look at any evidence of illegal activity here in Massachusetts.”
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Healey emphasized such tissue donation is legal, although selling fetal tissue is not. “I want to emphasize and not conflate the story on the national level with what might be happening here,” she said.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/07/ag_maura_healey_will_review_planned_parenthood_practices
AG Maura Healey will review Planned Parenthood practices
Thursday, July 23, 2015
By: Chris Villani
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[From article]
There is no "evidence" that the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts engaged in the illegal sale of fetal tissue, Bay State Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
[Full statement embedded]
[. . .]
My office was asked to review the practices of Planned Parenthood in Massachusetts to ensure that their practices conform to state and federal law. Over the past week, my office has conducted a thorough review and found that Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts’ health care centers are fully compliant with state and federal laws regarding the disposition of fetal tissue. Although donation of fetal tissue is permissible under state and federal law, PPLM does not have a tissue donation program. There is no evidence that PPLM is involved in any way in the buying or selling of tissue. As such, our review is complete.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/07/ag_healey_clears_mass_planned_parenthood
AG Healey clears Mass Planned Parenthood
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
By: Boston Herald staff
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[From article]
A third highly damaging video surfaced yesterday of Planned Parenthood’s disturbing practice of harvesting tissue from aborted babies.
Enough already. A full investigation by Congress should follow — today.
Despite the mounting allegations, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards recently went on television attempting to smear the messenger by attacking the makers of the undercover videos, The Center for Medical Progress.
It’s an age-old misdirection play to change the subject.
And now California’s Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch have been asked by four Democratic congresswomen to investigate The Center for Medical Progress.
Harris, a California paper reported, said her office will “review any materials” filed by The Center for Medical Progress “with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts to determine whether the organization violated laws.”
You read that right. They are already going after the whistleblower.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/adriana_cohen/2015/07/adriana_cohen_attacks_on_whistleblower_hypocritical
Adriana Cohen: Attacks on whistleblower hypocritical
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
By: Adriana Cohen
Boston Herald
“My office spoke with Planned Parenthood and they assured us this type of alleged activity does not happen here,” Healey told Boston Herald Radio’s “Morning Meeting.” “That said, we are going to review it, we are going to ask questions, as always is the case. We will always make sure to look at any evidence of illegal activity here in Massachusetts.”
[. . .]
Healey emphasized such tissue donation is legal, although selling fetal tissue is not. “I want to emphasize and not conflate the story on the national level with what might be happening here,” she said.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/07/ag_maura_healey_will_review_planned_parenthood_practices
AG Maura Healey will review Planned Parenthood practices
Thursday, July 23, 2015
By: Chris Villani
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[From article]
There is no "evidence" that the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts engaged in the illegal sale of fetal tissue, Bay State Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
[Full statement embedded]
[. . .]
My office was asked to review the practices of Planned Parenthood in Massachusetts to ensure that their practices conform to state and federal law. Over the past week, my office has conducted a thorough review and found that Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts’ health care centers are fully compliant with state and federal laws regarding the disposition of fetal tissue. Although donation of fetal tissue is permissible under state and federal law, PPLM does not have a tissue donation program. There is no evidence that PPLM is involved in any way in the buying or selling of tissue. As such, our review is complete.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/07/ag_healey_clears_mass_planned_parenthood
AG Healey clears Mass Planned Parenthood
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
By: Boston Herald staff
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[From article]
A third highly damaging video surfaced yesterday of Planned Parenthood’s disturbing practice of harvesting tissue from aborted babies.
Enough already. A full investigation by Congress should follow — today.
Despite the mounting allegations, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards recently went on television attempting to smear the messenger by attacking the makers of the undercover videos, The Center for Medical Progress.
It’s an age-old misdirection play to change the subject.
And now California’s Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch have been asked by four Democratic congresswomen to investigate The Center for Medical Progress.
Harris, a California paper reported, said her office will “review any materials” filed by The Center for Medical Progress “with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts to determine whether the organization violated laws.”
You read that right. They are already going after the whistleblower.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/adriana_cohen/2015/07/adriana_cohen_attacks_on_whistleblower_hypocritical
Adriana Cohen: Attacks on whistleblower hypocritical
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
By: Adriana Cohen
Boston Herald
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