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"Planned Parenthood workers presented the shredded remains of an aborted baby —a twin— near 18 weeks gestation.

In case you don't know it, abortion is legal in this country. Do you know why the mother had to abort the 18 week old fetus? Please tell us.

Since using fetal tissue for research disgusts you so, I'm sure you'll refuse any medical procedure or cure that was discovered from the use of fetal tissue taken from aborted fetuses. This is how incredibly stupid your argument is. I sure hope you didn't allow your children to get the polio vaccine because it was discovered by research done on fetal tissue.

Cruz accidentally gives away the game

Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) new campaign ad targets Planned Parenthood, which wouldn’t be especially noteworthy were it not for the far-right senator’s specific pitch.

As msnbc’s Emma Margolin reported yesterday, Cruz also intends to “prosecute” the health care organization over fetal-tissue research.

“For a century, Americans have helped heal and care for millions in need. Our values propelled extraordinary innovation. America made the world better,” states a narrator in the 30-second spot. “So how did America become a country that harvests organs from unborn children? And who has the courage to stop it?”

“Ted Cruz will prosecute and defund Planned Parenthood,” the narrator continues. “Help Cruz restore American values.”

The most glaring problem with the commercial is the contradiction Cruz and his team failed to notice. The ad opens with images of Polio victims while the narrator touts America’s history of helping “heal and care for millions.” It’s a nice, accurate message, except for the fact that fetal-tissue research used “fetal kidney cells to create the first poliovirus vaccines, which are now estimated to save 550,000 lives worldwide every year.”

In other words, in an ad attacking fetal-tissue research, Cruz highlighted children who were rescued by fetal-tissue research. Not to put too fine a point on this, but perhaps the Republican’s campaign team should have given this a little more thought.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/cruz-accidentally-gives-away-the-game?cid=eml_mra_20150812