Richards was testifying before the House Oversight Committee, which began investigating the organization after sting videos were released by an anti-abortion group that allegedly showed Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of fetal tissue. Earlier in the hearing, Richards was repeatedly interrupted by Chaffetz.
Chaffetz, who chairs the committee, at one point showed a slide that had one straight line heading downward and another straight line heading upward.
"You created this slide. I have no idea what it is," Richards said.
"Well, it is the reduction over the course of years — in pink, that's the reduction in the breast exams — and the red is the increase in the abortions," Chaffetz said. "That's what's going on in the organization."
Here's a picture of the chart:
Richards said that she had not seen the slide before and that it "absolutely does not reflect what's happening at Planned Parenthood."
"You're going to deny that —" Chaffetz said.
"I'm going to deny this slide that you just showed me that no one has ever provided us before," she said. "We've provided you all the information about everything — all the services that Planned Parenthood provides. And it doesn't feel like we're trying to get to the truth here. You just showed me this."
"I pulled those numbers directly out of your corporate reports," Chaffetz said.
"Excuse me," Richards said. "My lawyers have informed me that the source of this is Americans United for Life which is an anti-abortion group so I would check your source."
Chaffetz, paused, stuttered a bit and said, "Then we will get to the bottom of the truth of that."
He moved on to introduce the ranking Democrat on the committee.........
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