Louisiana's Bold Bid to Privatize Schools

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By Stephanie Simon - June 1, 2012

Louisiana is embarking on the nation'sboldest experiment in privatizing public education, with thestate preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out ofthe public schools to pay private industry, businesses ownersand church pastors to educate children.

Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kidswill get vouchers covering the full cost of tuition at more than120 private schools across Louisiana, including small,Bible-based church schools.

The following year, students of any income will be eligiblefor mini-vouchers that they can use to pay a range ofprivate-sector vendors for classes and apprenticeships notoffered in traditional public schools. The money can go toindustry trade groups, businesses, online schools and tutors,among others.

Every time a student receives a voucher of either type, hislocal public school will lose a chunk of state funding.

"We are changing the way we deliver education," saidGovernor Bobby Jindal, a Republican who muscled the plan throughthe legislature this spring over fierce objections fromDemocrats and teachers unions. "We are letting parents decidewhat's best for their children, not government."

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The concept of opening public schools to competition fromthe private sector has been widely promoted in recent years bywell-funded education reform groups.

Of the plans so far put forward, Louisiana's plan is by farthe broadest. This month, eligible families, including thosewith incomes nearing $60,000 a year, are submitting applicationsfor vouchers to state-approved private schools.

That list includes some of the most prestigious schools inthe state, which offer a rich menu of advanced placementcourses, college-style seminars and lush grounds. The topschools, however, have just a handful of slots open. The DunhamSchool in Baton Rouge, for instance, has said it will acceptjust four voucher students, all kindergartners. As elsewhere,they will be picked in a lottery.

Far more openings are available at smaller, less prestigiousreligious schools, including some that are just a few years oldand others that have struggled to attract tuition-payingstudents.

The school willing to accept the most voucher students --314 -- is New Living Word in Ruston, which has a top-rankedbasketball team but no library. Students spend most of the daywatching TVs in bare-bones classrooms. Each lesson consists ofan instructional DVD that intersperses Biblical verses withsubjects such chemistry or composition.

The Upperroom Bible Church Academy in New Orleans, abunker-like building with no windows or playground, also hasplenty of slots open. It seeks to bring in 214 voucher students,worth up to $1.8 million in state funding.

At Eternity Christian Academy in Westlake,pastor-turned-principal Marie Carrier hopes to secure extraspace to enroll 135 voucher students, though she now has roomfor just a few dozen. Her first- through eighth-grade studentssit in cubicles for much of the day and move at their own pacethrough Christian workbooks, such as a beginning science textthat explains "what God made" on each of the six days ofcreation. They are not exposed to the theory of evolution.

"We try to stay away from all those things that mightconfuse our children," Carrier said.

Other schools approved for state-funded vouchers use socialstudies texts warning that liberals threaten global prosperity;Bible-based math books that don't cover modern concepts such asset theory; and biology texts built around refuting evolution.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that vouchers can be usedfor religious education so long as the state is not promotingany one faith but letting parents choose where to enroll theirchildren.

In Louisiana, Superintendent of Education John White saidstate officials have at one time or another visited all 120schools in the voucher program and approved their curricula,including specific texts. He said the state plans more "duediligence" over the summer, including additional site visits toassess capacity.

In general, White said he will leave it to principals to besure their curriculum covers all subjects kids need and leave itto parents to judge the quality of each private school on thelist.

That infuriates the teachers union, which is weighing alawsuit accusing the state of improperly diverting funds frompublic schools to private programs of questionable value.

"Because it's private, it's considered to be inherentlybetter," said Steve Monaghan, president of the LouisianaFederation of Teachers. "From a consumer perspective, it's buyerbeware."

To date, private schools have not had to give their studentsstate standardized tests, so there's no straightforward way forparents to judge their performance. Starting next year, anystudent on a voucher will have to take the tests; each privateschool must report individual results to parents and aggregateresults to the state.

The 47-page bill setting up the voucher program does notoutline any consequences for private schools that get poor testscores. Instead, it requires the superintendent of schools tocome up with an "accountability system" by Aug. 1. Once he does,the system cannot be altered except by legislative vote.

White would not say whether he is prepared to pull vouchersfrom private schools that do poorly on tests.

He pointed out that many kids applying for vouchers are nowenrolled in dismal public schools where two-thirds of thestudents can't read or do math at grade level and half will dropout before they graduate high school. Given that track record,he argues it's worth sending a portion of the roughly $3.5billion a year the state spends on education to private schoolsthat may have developed different ways to reach kids.

"To me, it's a moral outrage that the government would say,'We know what's best for your child,'" White said. "Who are weto tell parents we know better?"

That message resonates with Terrica Dotson, whose12-year-old son, Tyler, attends public school in Baton Rouge. Hemakes the honor roll, but his mom says he isn't challenged inmath and science. This week she was out visiting privateschools. "I want him to have the education he needs," she said.

The state has run a pilot voucher program for several yearsin New Orleans and is pleased with the results. The proportionof kids scoring at or above grade level jumped 7 percentagepoints among voucher students this year, far outpacing thecitywide rise of 3 percentage points, state officials said.

Studies of other voucher programs in the U.S. have shownmixed results.

In Louisiana the vouchers are available to any low- tomiddle-income student who now attends a public school where atleast 25 percent of students test below grade level.

Households qualify with annual income up to 250 percent ofthe poverty line, or $57,625 for a family of four.

Statewide, 380,000 kids, more than half the total studentpopulation of 700,000, are eligible for vouchers. There are onlyabout 5,000 slots open in private schools for the coming year,but state officials expect that to ramp up quickly.

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Officials have not estimated the price tag of these programsbut expect the state will save money in the long run, becausethey believe the private sector can educate kids more cheaplythan public schools.

Whether those savings will materialize is unclear.

By law, the value of each voucher can't exceed the sum thestate would spend educating that child in public school -- onaverage, $8,800 a year. Small private schools often charge aslittle as $3,000 to $5,000 a year.

Yet at some private schools with low tuition, administratorscontacted by Reuters said they would also ask the state to coveradditional, unspecified fees, which would bring the cost totaxpayers close to the $8,800 cap. The law requires the state tocover both tuition and fees.

In the separate mini-voucher program due to launch in 2013,students across Louisiana, regardless of income, will be able totap the state treasury to pay for classes that are offered byprivate vendors and not available in their regular publicschools.

White said the state hopes to spur private industry to offervocational programs and apprenticeships in exchange for vouchersworth up to $1,300 per student per class. Students can also usethe mini-vouchers to design their own curriculum, tapping statefunds to pay for online classes or private tutors if they're notsatisfied with their public school's offerings.

State officials will review every private-sector classbefore approving it. They are still working out how to assessrigor and effectiveness.

The state has not done a formal fiscal analysis, but publicschool advocates say subtracting the costs of vouchers fromtheir budgets is unfair because they have the same fixed costs-- from utilities to custodial services -- whether a child is inthe building four hours a day or six. White responds that thestate is not in the business of funding buildings; it's fundingeducation.

While public schools fear fiscal disaster, many privateschool administrators see the voucher program as an economiclifeboat.

Valeria Thompson runs the Louisiana New School Academy inBaton Rouge, which prides itself on getting troubled studentsthrough middle and high school. Families have struggled to paytuition, she said, and enrollment is down to about 60 kids.

"We're a good school," Thompson said, "but we've beenstruggling fiscally."

The vouchers have brought in a flood of new applicants andthe promise of steady income from taxpayers. Thompson enrolled17 new students in two days last month and hopes to bring in asmany as 130. "I'm so grateful," she said. "You can't imagine howgrateful."

 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-education-vouchers-idUSL1E8H10AG20120601

Obamacare Has 'Bent the Insurance Cost-Curve North, Not South'

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By Susan Jones - June 1, 2012 "There's no question that the (Affordable Care) Act has, to this date, bent the health insurance cost curve north, not south, and the forecast in that regard is growing darker," an insurance benefits executive told a House panel on Thursday.

That's because the law requires health plans to cover individuals, such as adult children, that they did not cover in the past; it bars health plans from putting lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; and it requires plans to provide preventive care services -- including contraceptives in a few months' time -- at no out-of-pocket cost to the enrollee, Edward Fensholt told the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

"These mandates have increased our clients' health plan costs 2 to 3 percent on average to this point," he said. And he said the costs will escalate further when new rules -- such as reductions in waiting periods and the automatic enrollment requirement -- take effect in 2014.

Fensholt is a senior vice president of Lockton Companies, LLC, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm that provides employee-benefits expertise to 2,500 mostly middle-market employers.

In addition to the Affordable Care Act’s coverage mandates, Fensholt said a "great frustration" for his clients is the law's "many additional administrative burdens."

Under federal law right now, Fensholt said, a simple group health-care plan is required to supply up to 50 separate notices, disclosures and reports to enrollees or to the federal government -- often more than once. He noted that the Affordable Care Act added more than a dozen of those notices, disclosures and reports.

Fensholt gave several examples: Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must provide a "four-page, double-sided summary of plan coverage in a very hard-wired format at specific times, not only to enrollees but to individuals who are merely eligible for coverage. And plans face fines of up to $1,000 per violation of this requirement," he said.

And starting in 2014, the law will require "significant and frequent reporting by employers," including what specific medical coverage the employer offers; a roster of employees who are eligible and enrolled in the company's health plan and whether those employees are full-time or part-time; the cost of the employer's health insurance offerings, and the employer's and employees' respective shares of that cost; and how many months of the year an employee and each of his enrolled dependents were covered by a company-sponsored plan.

"Our clients are already drowning under the cost of provi ding robust health insurance to employees," Fensholt said. "Rather than tossing employers a lifeline, the Affordable Care Act is in many ways an anchor -- albeit a well-intentioned one -- by piling on additional costs and burdens."

Fensholt said his clients don't understand why -- at a time when they're struggling to provide a fringe benefit -- "Congress would make the process more expensive and more complicated, rather than less so."

Bill Streitberger, vice president of human resources for the Red Robin restaurant chain, told the panel that when health care costs increase, his company has less money to invest in opening new restaurants.

For the last three years, he noted, Red Robin's health care costs per employee have increased more than six percent every year -- a much greater pace than the growth of Red Robin's sales or net income, he said.

The Affordable Care Act's 2014 mandates, Streitberger added, could negatively impact the ability of companies to grow and offer benefits to their employees.

He said the law will force companies like Red Robin "to decide on whether to reduce benefits to maintain affordable coverage, or accept the burden of increased company contributions, limiting our ability to continue to grow and create new jobs. Either way, we feel it could be a lose-lose for Red Robin" and its employees, he said.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obamacare-has-bent-insurance-cost-curve-north-not-south-insurance-executive-tells-house

Immigration Reform

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by: Bryan Baumgart 

Incentive and Motivation 

We have to take away the incentive to immigrate illegally and motivate LEGAL immigration.  We do so by removing the job opportunities for ILLEGAL immigrants and replace them with job opportunity for LEGAL immigrants.  This helps us keep better tabs on who is coming and going and helps immigrants become productive, contributing, taxpaying members of society rather than living at our expense. 

Remove incentive for illegal immigration:

1. Establish an effective “e-verify” system such as a website to verify the authenticity of social security numbers with the potential to print off the verification for record keeping.
2. Crack down on employers that violate the law through huge crippling fines, especially for repeat offenders.

Motivate legal immigration:

1. Streamline the immigration process so those immigrating legally don’t have to watch folks jump in line and avoid the long waits and outrageous costs associated with legal immigration.
2. Increase the number of immigrants we welcome each year.
3. Provide a one-year grace period for all illegal immigrants currently residing within the country to begin the process of legally immigrating to this country.
4. Begin actually enforcing immigration laws including detention and detainment.

US Catholics Mount Major Offensive Againt Obama

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For the first time in history the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared a Fortnight for Freedom in direct response to the attack on the Catholic Church and religious freedom by the Obama administration.  The US bishops are asking the faithful to pray, say the Rosary, fast, sacrifice, take action and attend rallies in support of religious freedom. The Fortnight began on the Feast of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More–July 22–and will continue through July 4th.

In Omaha, Archbishop George J. Lucas led a “Fortnight for Freedom Rally” Saturday at St. Margaret Mary Church.  Attendees packed the pews and filled nearly all available standing room to participate in a rosary and listen to Archbishop Lucas and two guest speakers.

Omar F.A. Gutierrez, manager of the archdiocese's Office of Missions and Justice, said “Religious liberty is fundamental to a free and just society.  Not even Jesus would be considered a Christian ministry under the HHS Mandates because if you serve non-Catholics you’re not considered a Catholic Ministry.”

Most Reverend William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, fired the opening shots on Sunday. This homily was posted by the Baltimore Archbishop on the US Bishop’s website.

We surely are not facing the dire brutality that confronted St. John Fisher,but our Church and her institutions do find themselves today in perilous waters. For embedded in the HHS mandate is a very narrow governmental definition of what constitutes a church; and if it is not removed, it is likely to spread throughout federal law.

In the HHS mandate, the federal government now defines a church as a body which hires mostly its own members and serves mostly its own members, and which exists primarily to advance its own teachings. In a word, so long as a church confines itself to the sacristy, then it is exempt from having to fund and facilitate in its health insurance plans government mandated services which are contrary to its own teachings. But if a church steps beyond the narrow confines of this definition by hiring those of other faiths and by serving the common good – then the government is telling us that such institutions aren’t religious enough, that they don’t deserve an exemption from funding and facilitating those things which violate the very teachings which inspired churches to establish their institutions in the first place.

Friends, we must never allow the government, –any government, at any time, of any party–to impose such a constrictive definition on our beloved Church or any church! Our Church was sent forth by the Lord teach and baptize all the nations. It was commissioned by our Savior to announce that the Kingdom of God is at hand. It was sent into the world to do the corporal works of love and mercy. Don’t we see this all around us – in inner-city Catholic schools, in Catholic hospitals, in the work of Catholic Charities so critical for the well being of local communities? “The Word of God cannot be chained,” St. Paul wrote to Timothy, and now it is up to us to defend the Church’s freedom to fulfill her mission to freely manifest the love of God by organized works of education and charity. This is why the Church has engaged the Administration so earnestly, this is why we are working for legislative protection from the Congress, this is why, thankfully, so many have filed lawsuits in various parts of the country, and this is why there is a Fortnight for Freedom—so that the Church would be free of that government interference which St. John Fisher warned against in the British Parliament in the 16th century!…

…If freedom is a system based on courage and if the motive of democracy is love, then let us strive in God’s grace, throughout this Fortnight and beyond, to be men and women of courageous love for the glory of God, for the good of the Church and for love of country.

Never has the Catholic Church organized a campaign quite like the Fortnight for Freedom. This is unprecedented for the Catholic Church. Churches across the United States announced the offensive on Sunday.

Obama declared war.  He never expected this.

"It shouldn’t be just the Catholics taking the stand against Obama’s attempt to stop religious freedom, it should be all Christians as well as Jews. I am afraid the American people do not understand how many of their freedoms are being done away with."

"I will not comply. Today, I am a Catholic. I am a Morman. I am a Jew. I am Spartacus. If we don’t hang together, we will surely hang separately."

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Who Really Won on the SCOTUS Obamacare Decision

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by: Bryan Baumgart
Pending the outcome of the November elections it's hard to determine the ultimate winner in yesterday's decision. Most conservatives felt a pit in their stomach immediately after the decision was announced.  Due to the "teasing" offered during the obamacare hearings three months ago, they felt fairly confident that obamacare would fall when the mandate was struck down.  Libs and Dems rightly claimed victory because obamacare did not fall.  But he who laughs last laughs loudest!
As the dust settled, conservatives began to realize that perhaps Justice Roberts had not betrayed them after all.  Perhaps the decision was part of a veiled and brilliant strategy.  If obamacare had fallen due to the mandate being struck down only on the grounds of the "commerce clause", similar legislation could pop back up in the future.  However, due to the court disagreeing with obama and ruling the mandate a tax, Republicans have the opportunity to repeal the law through the reconciliation process with asimple majority of Romney and 51 votes in the Senate, avoiding filibuster. 60 senators are no longer necessary. 
The ruling has also appeared to have passified the left while energizing the right.  The Romney campaign pulled in $1 million dollars within 3 hours of the ruling.  He finished the day with over $4 million dollars in donations.  Meanwhile, the DNC is so broke they are considering cancelling opening ceremonies at their National Convention.  The ruling has also saddled obama with responsibility for the largest tax increase in the history of the world!  A very regressive tax that disproportionately hits the middle class. It reveals obama as either a liar or a very incompetent Constitutional Scholar.  History shows that elections aren't kind to middle-class tax hikers or liars, and this ruling has granted obama the title of both!  It appears the pendulum has finally been pulled toofar left. Get ready for the swing. Perhaps never before has the right been so fired up! (not even election night 2008). 
In reality, the Supreme Court's decision was exactly what everyone expected three months agobefore the hearings. We are actually right where weexpected to be right now, except the left was just passified while the right needed this catalyst to be energizedand determined enough to dominate the elections, repeal the law, and seatjudges swinging the bench far to the right. 
The only thing standing in the way of repeal appeared to be the threats and bribes surrounding implementation of state exchanges before November.  Obama had bribed states with federal funding for exchanges and threatened them with forcing the federal version of exchanges on them if they did not implement them right away.  States were threatened with losing federal funding for medicaid if they did not play ball, but the court nixed that threat as well, giving Republican Governors the ability to "play ball".  As reported by the Washington Examiner on Drudge yesterday, “The RepublicanGovernors Association said that nothing should be done by the states untilafter the election, a clear signal that they believe a GOP president, House andSenate will kill the health care reform”.

If there was ever a call for the factions ofconservatism to come together...Thursday was it!  This is the time to join forces with ALL of the groups with thecommon goal of taking the 2012 elections, repealing obamacare, and placingconservative judges on the bench!  Establishment, Ron Paulers, Libertarians, Tea Partiers, Constitutional Conservatives...everyone! Time to unify and make thisera of the lib's nothing more than a dirty stain on America's history!

"There is one more step in deciding obamacare's fate. MittRomney will appeal the Supreme Court decision to the ultimate arbiter- the American people. We expect a decision on November 6th. Oral arguments have already begun."

U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Quite Deceiving

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Much has been made of the recent news that after Japan drops its corporate tax rate to 38.01 percent, the U.S. will then have the highest rate in the developed world, at 39.2 percent.

However, to fully understand this story you have to read between the lines and look past the political posturing.

Few U.S. corporations actually pay the 39.2 percent rate because the loophole-riddled tax code gives them lower "effective" rates.

The tax code has not been thoroughly overhauled in 25 years and it is in desperate need of fixing. Corporate lobbyists worked hard at putting all those loopholes in place, and they are determined to keep them there.

However, due to a shrunken tax base, a signifiant revision may be on the way.

In February, President Obama proposed a corporate tax reform blueprint that included a 28 percent top rate. Such an idea seems like one that Republicans would love, and it provides an opportunity for genuine consensus and true bipartisanship.

The problems with the tax code are egregious, and they are robbing the Treasury of much needed revenue. In 2010 the federal government brought in $2.16 trillion in revenue — down from $2.56 trillion in 2007 — putting revenue at a 60-year low.

Much of that is due to the effects of the Great Recession. But corporations are also taking advantage of the tax code and paying lower rates than most individual taxpayers, or avoiding taxes altogether.

Of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones industrial average, 19 told shareholders their effective rate for their 2011 fiscal years (most of which ended on December 31) was below Obama's proposed new tax rate, according to a Reuters analysis of securities filings.

Verizon, for example, paid an effective rate of just 2.7 percent. Even more remarkable, AT&T, Bank of America and Travelers Insurance actually posted a tax gain.

From 2007 to 2009, accounting tricks helped lower Pfizer's average tax rate to 17 percent; Merck to 12.5 percent, and GE to just 3.6 percent.

Those relaxed rates are well below the rates paid in other industrialized nations.

The average 2012 corporate tax rate for the 34 developed countries is 25.4 percent, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Obama plan would put the U.S. just above that average.

The key to reform is to fully eliminate all deductions, exemptions and loopholes. The code must create a level playing field that is fair, straightforward and incorruptible. Presently, U.S. corporations are making a mockery of the tax code.

A 2008 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that approximately two-thirds of all corporations paid no federal income tax in 2005. However, it was part of a longer trend.

The GAO — the investigative arm of Congress — also found that two out of three US corporations paid no taxes from 1998 through 2005. The study covered 1.3 million corporations of all sizes, with a collective $2.5 trillion in sales. It also included foreign corporations that do business in the U.S.

The Wall Street Journal reported that 69 percent of U.S. corporations were organized as nontaxable businesses in 2008, up from 24 percent in 1986.

Last year, 30 of the biggest corporations spent more on lobbying than taxes. How crazy is that?

Corporations have gamed the system in their favor. So assertions about how punitive and restrictive the corporate tax code is are plainly absurd.

A government report shows that last year total corporate federal taxes paid fell to 12.1 percent of profits — a level not seen since 1972.

Things weren't always this way. In the 1950s, US corporations contributed a 30 percent share to the federal tax base. Today it's down to 6.6 percent.

Corporations paid a higher share of revenues in the past and the economy was a whole lot healthier. Revenue from corporate income taxes was between 5 percent and 6 percent of gross domestic product back in the early 1950s.

However, federal corporate tax collections made up only 1.3 percent of U.S. GDP in 2010, down from 2.7 percent in 2006.

The lobbyists did what they were paid to do, and they did a really good job. Congress, ever the loyal servants to their corporate masters and benefactors, did what was asked of them and rigged the tax code.

The consumer group Citizens for Tax Justice said it surveyed major U.S. companies and found that 26 on average paid no net federal income taxes between 2008 and 2011, among them General Electric and Duke Energy.

This nation is essentially broke. In Fiscal 2011, the U.S. government borrowed roughly 36 cents for every dollar spent. Fiscally, the country is teetering on the edge of a cliff. The government simply cannot allow huge, profitable corporations to continue paying zero taxes or, worse, post tax gains.

It's also time for corporations and their Congressional cronies to drop the act; they are not burdened by high or punitive taxes. Quite the contrary. Further, U.S. corporations are fortunate to be subject to the rule of law and all of the protections that this allows.

If the tax code is rewritten, it would benefit the corporations that don't get the special sanctions and the generous tax benefits. Ultimately, the playing field should be leveled and made equal for all.

Moreover, the tax code doesn't need to be rewritten for the benefit of corporations; it needs to be rewritten for the benefit of the rest of the nation. More revenue is desperately needed by the Treasury, which is presently being swindled by corporations.

2nd ‘Gendercide’ Video Showing Planned Parenthood’s Sex-Selection Abortion Assistance

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May 31, 2012


On Tuesday, Live Action, a pro-life group based in San Jose, California, released the first part of its series on sex-selection abortion, the process of terminating pregnancies based on an unborn child’s gender. Part one of the “Gendercide: Sex Selection in America,” series showed a Planned Parenthood counselor in Austin, Texas, allegedly giving advice on how to obtain a gender-based abortion.

The second part, released this morning, allegedly showcases a similar conversation recorded at a NYC-based Planned Parenthood office earlier this year. In the undercover clip, an employee allegedly helps a woman (an actress brought in by Live Action) determine if her child is a female so that a requested sex-selective abortion can take place. 



A description of the YouTube video, posted by Live Action, has more about the conversation that is sure to trouble pro-life activists:

In the video, Planned Parenthood social worker Randi Coun advises the woman on an early, definitive method to tell the gender of her child in the late first or early second trimester: “So if you were to have what’s called a CVS test, which is, do you know what that is?” she asks, referring to the genetic Chorionic Villus Sampling test. “It’s done between 11 and 13 weeks, so it is a test that you could do now.” CVS tests have a risk of miscarriage of about 1 in 100, which Coun did not mention, and are typically done to test for genetic disorders in a pregnancy.

Coun also reassures the woman that she can carry her pregnancy farther into term before her abortion. “An abortion at any stage up to 24 weeks is considered a safe procedure,” she asserts. ” It’s not that it’s unsafe, or that there’s a lot more risk involved, it‘s just there’s more steps involved and it’s just a little more complicated.” Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Center in New York City does abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy and is the organization’s national headquarters.

“I can tell you that here at Planned Parenthood we believe that it’s not up to us to decide what is a good or a bad reason for somebody to decide to terminate a pregnancy,” Coun adds concerning the woman’s request for a sex-selective abortion. Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards yesterday opposed a ban on sex-selective abortions on the grounds that it would “limit [a woman's] choices as she makes personal medical decisions.”

Watch the undercover interaction, below:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/anti-abortion-group-releases-2nd-gendercide-video-showing-planned-parenthoods-alleged-sex-selection-abortion-assistance/