Washington Post reporter still thinks Planned Parenthood is ‘nonpartisan’

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If your mother tells you she loves you, good journalists know you’re supposed to check. The same thing applies when Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards claims that the abortion giant is nonpartisan. Unfortunately, the Washington Post’s Amber Phillips skipped this step.

Yesterday the reporter copied and pasted a Planned Parenthood talking point when she reported that “the nonpartisan healthcare clinic … has been in conservative’s crosshairs for more than a year now.” And while it’s true that Planned Parenthood has been under attack from the right, it’s demonstrably false that they’re nonpartisan.

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