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“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
Planned Parenthood footage released
Young woman’s testimony a portrait
By LAURA STIDHAM
Memphis is contesting the veracity of the
footage. Live Action has sent the state
of God’s love of family and life
State lawmakers have introduced Attorney General and Memphis District
legislation that could end taxpayer subsidies Attorney an unedited version for review.
By CYNTHIA ROBERTSON
to Planned Parenthood in Tennessee due to Rose commends the Tennessee state
At 23 years of age, Michelle Valdez has
the release of undercover footage from a lawmakers, led by Senate Speaker Ron
found meaning in the promise that God
Memphis Planned Parenthood clinic. Ramsey and Sen. Jack Johnson, who
places the lonely in families. People who
Lila Rose, 20-year-old president of Live has questioned the state’s over $700,000
have not heard the gospel readily listen to
Action, the group responsible for the funding of Planned Parenthood. She said,
her story, accepting Christ and seeing their
footage, says the unedited video further “Why would citizens tolerate paying
lives change as hers has.
exposes Planned Parenthood’s reckless the bills of an organization that protects
Valdez recently returned to San Diego
counseling practices. statutory rapists and victimizes young
with a group of other young people from
Rose, posing as a 14-year-old girl girls? This is the sad result of the careless
a tour with Horizon School of Evangelism
impregnated by a 31-year-old man, says abortion-first mentality that has persisted
(HSE), where she is a team member in
on the tape: “My boyfriend said he could at Planned Parenthood for decades.”
discipleship. At the time of this interview,
pay for everything. But he shouldn’t come Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis
Valdez was on her way to the school with
here to pay ‘cause you’ll see him, right?” Region CEO Barry Chase sent an e-mail
other members to pick up Bibles for a
The Planned Parenthood counselor replies, to state legislators asking them to stop
mission trip heading towards the Rocky
“It doesn’t matter. As long as your parents the bill and claimed that Live Action’s
Mountains.
are not here and can’t identify him, he can president, Lila Rose, refused to send his
“We’ll be taking two charter buses, going
just pay and that’s it. He could be like your organization the unedited footage, even
to six cities to show the love of Christ
older brother or whatever.” though neither Rose nor Live Action
by evangelizing, donating toys and just
Tennessee law states that a minor must received any correspondence from Planned
helping them out in whatever they need,”
Michelle Valdez with her son Jackson
have parental consent before undergoing Parenthood.
Valdez said.
Valdez said that the doctors and nurses
an abortion. Planned Parenthood of Greater Live Action has released similar footage
Valdez has a heart for forgotten people
were “freaking out” from all the drama
from five other clinics, located in Arizona
because she was once one of them, starting
between Valdez and her boyfriend. “He
and Indiana, as part of its Mona Lisa
after graduation from high school. She
was holding the baby, not wanting to let
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was living with a boyfriend who was a
go,” she said.
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drug dealer, both of them into the partying
Her boyfriend finally did leave, and she
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Valdez said.
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allowing God to mend the wound,” she
business at Planned Parenthood clinics in
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She got a job at Macy’s, where her boss
said.
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– E.P. News
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