Planned Parenthood Website Hacked After Release Of ‘Sting’ Videos

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The Planned Parenthood website was hacked on Wednesday, and the website was still offline as of Thursday morning. The group’s website was also hacked on Monday as the group is under fire for edited, undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group.

Planned Parenthood confirmed the Wednesday hack in a statement attributing the attack to “anti-abortion extremists.” Nobody has yet to claim responsibility for the hack, according to CNN.

“This is a new low for anti-abortion extremists. Two hundred thousand people a day count on Planned Parenthood’s website for accurate health information. Blocking people from accessing information on the full range of sexual and reproductive health – including birth control, sexually transmitted infections, healthy relationships, parenting, and preventive care – only shows how far opponents of safe and legal abortion will go,” Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens said in a Wednesday evening statement.

A message on Planned Parenthood’s website on Thursday directed patients to their phone lines and Google maps for information on appointments and office locations.

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  1. Wow.

    These fuckers are like immature terrorists.

  2. PP had better act fast to save the entire enterprise. I have contributed to them for many years, but am frankly appalled and annoyed at the careless stupidity of staffers at PP to allow themselves to get into this position.

  3. PP seems sadly so inept in all of this. They should have been very cautious about discussing the the tissue business with anyone and should be on guard for all kinds of vandalism. Instead, all they an do is clutch pearls and raise money. The grassroots of Planned Parenthood groups should be calling for change in DC and figuring out how to better manage their own houses…

  4. Avatar for hjs62 hjs62 says:

    Using the same theory used against Planned Parenthood, We should defund Israel. Israel offers Universal Healthcare. Abortion is legal. Therefore the state of Israel is paying for abortion. This means under the theory used against Planned Parenthood, that money is fungible, any money given to the Israeli Government is necessarily money given to perform abortions. There really is no way around it.

    Israeli aid should be cut off.

    Why are Conservative Christians supporting killing babies in the HOLY LANDS of all places?

    BTW, under their own theory of fungible money, they aren’t just walking the Jews up the oven door, they (and Mike Huckabee) are operating the gas chambers.

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