Planned Parenthood trafficked minors for secret abortions with fake doctors’ notes: Missouri AG

After a Missouri Planned Parenthood outlet filed a countersuit claiming it has a “constitutional right” to traffic minors across state lines to obtain abortions without parental consent, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an unambiguous statement declaring, “Our children deserve to be protected – not trafficked across state lines for dangerous and clandestine abortion procedures at the hands of an organization that has repeatedly demonstrated its utter contempt for the law, parental rights, and safety of the women and children of Missouri.”

“Missouri parents have the fundamental right to know what medical procedures are being performed on their children, and I will never stop fighting to defend them from Planned Parenthood’s relentless assault on their rights,” proclaimed Bailey.

Earlier, the Missouri attorney general had filed a suit against Planned Parenthood Great Plains for trafficking minors out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent.

Bailey’s office said in a statement that the attorney general’s lawsuit was “the culmination of a multi-year campaign to drive Planned Parenthood from the State of Missouri because of its flagrant and intentional refusal to comply with state law.”

“Planned Parenthood’s most recent unlawful behavior was captured in an investigative video, when Planned Parenthood staff admitted they traffic minors across state lines to perform abortions without parental consent,” noted the attorney general’s office. “Worse, they admit doing this ‘every day, every day, every day.’ The investigation revealed that Planned Parenthood removes minors from school using altered doctors’ notes, transports them into Kansas for abortions, and then quickly returns them – all to avoid the legal requirement to obtain parental consent.”

“This is the beginning of the end for Planned Parenthood in the State of Missouri. What they conceal and conspire to do in the dark of night has now been uncovered. I am filing suit to ensure it never happens again,” said Attorney General Bailey at the time. “As a father who held my daughter in my arms for the single hour of her life before she died, I know firsthand how important it is to protect life. Our children are the future. It is time to eradicate Planned Parenthood once and for all to end this pattern of abhorrent, unethical, and illegal behavior.”

In the most recent filing, the Missouri attorney general’s office asserted that “Planned Parenthood’s countersuit is a disgraceful attempt to twist the law into a shield for its reckless and immoral behavior.”