Planned Parenthood lobbies against bill requiring sex abuse reporting

by Kathleen Gilbert
Tue Mar 15, 2011

 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following a string of undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood employees failing to report child rape and underage sex trafficking, the organization’s Illinois affiliate is lobbying against a state bill that would broaden the duty to report such abuse.

David Schmidt of Live Action, the pro-life group responsible for exposing Planned Parenthood employees’ failures to report child abuse, on Saturday reported that Planned Parenthood’s form petition to Illinois state senators urges a “no” vote on HB 2093, a measure intended to extend the reporting mandate to all staff at health care facilities, instead of only licensed health care workers.

In the letter Planned Parenthood argues: “All doctors, nurses and teachers are already mandated reporters. Therefore, these organizations are already legally required to make reports. This bill creates redundant regulations that have the potential to overload the Department of Children and Family Services.” the rest