Rick Perry: Strip Planned Parenthood of Nonprofit Status

Presidential candidate Rick Perry on Friday joined the rising tide of Republicans calling for Planned Parenthood to be stripped of its nonprofit status after yet another video surfaced on the sale of fetal body parts.

"With the release of a fourth video showing a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing the sale of body parts from aborted babies, the organization’s carefully constructed façade continues to crumble," the former Texas governor said. "We can no longer allow the atrocities committed by an organization that receives state and federal tax dollars, and that receives special tax treatment from the federal government."

The latest undercover footage, also released by the Center for Medical Progress, shows Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue. The organization has slammed the videos as deceptive, but the center has posted all the unedited videos online.

"The Obama administration targets groups with the word 'patriot' in their name but does nothing to an organization that cuts apart and sells the body parts of dead babies," Perry said, referring to the IRS targeting of conservative and tea party groups. "This cannot stand.

"It is long past time for the mirage around Planned Parenthood’s true activities to fade."

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