Group vows '8 to 10' more Planned Parenthood videos coming


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IRVINE, Calif. (CNN) — The group that has released Planned Parenthood videos allegedly showing the illegal sale of fetal tissue plans to release about a dozen total videos with the ultimate goal of seeing the group defunded.

David Daleiden, head of Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion nonprofit that so far has released four heavily edited videos targeting Planned Parenthood, told CNN's "New Day" that he wanted to expose the practices of the influential organization that receives $500 million in federal tax dollars.

"When people are using illegal abortion procedures, that's something that most people find barbaric and that's something that most people don't want funded by their taxpayer dollars," Daleiden said.

Planned Parenthood officials say they are not breaking any of the laws and denies all of Daleiden's allegations. CNN reached out to Planned Parenthood on Friday for response to the interview.

Federal law already prevents Planned Parenthood from using the federal money it receives specifically for abortion. And while the group is the country's largest provider of abortion services, Planned Parenthood said that 10 percent of its clients receive an abortion. The group also provides sexually transmitted disease and infection testing, breast exams and birth control.

Earlier this week, a California court issues a restraining order preventing the Center for Medical Progress from releasing a video with StemExpress executives.

StemExpress is a California-based company that provides organs and tissue to researchers and Planned Parenthood provides fetal issue to the company.

"We've got anywhere from 8 to 10 more videos — the exact number could vary, but I predict a dozen give or take when everything is said and done," he said.

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Several investigations into Planned Parenthood have been launched following the video, and Presidential candidate and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill this week calling for the group to be defunded.

Planned Parenthood officials said efforts to defund the group that serves 2.7 million women annually are not representative of the American public.

"Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, and Joni Ernst should probably listen to the medical community before they decide to legislate health care for millions of people," said Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said Thursday after the fourth video's release. "Family planning providers are uniquely qualified to provide reproductive health care, and providers have asserted that the "absorption" plan to simply hand off millions of women's health care simply isn't feasible."

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