Planned Parenthood

2015: Laxalt Launched An Investigation Into Claims Planned Parenthood Participated In Fetal Donation Programs

2015: Following The Release Of Heavily Edited Videos That Suggested Planned Parenthood Sold Fetal Tissue, Laxalt Wrote A Letter To Planned Parenthood

Laxalt Wrote A Letter Requesting Nevada’s Planned Parenthood Affiliates To Confirm Their Offices Do Not Perform Surgical Abortions. According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has waded into the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue debate, sending a letter to the group’s state affiliates asking for confirmation that they do not perform surgical abortions at their offices. […] Laxalt said the group’s Nevada websites say the only medical abortion procedures performed involve the use of a pill up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy that results in the termination of a pregnancy at home. ‘Therefore, it would leave one to conclude that such circumstances would not allow the Nevada PP facilities to have or participate in tissue donation programs,’ Laxalt said in the letter. ‘Please confirm in writing that the Nevada facilities do not provide surgical abortions.’” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/20/15]

The Letter Came After The Release Of Videos Alleging Potential Donations Of Fetal Tissue. According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, “The letter, dated Sept. 15, points to videos released by a group called the Center for Medical Progress that allege potential violations regarding tissue donations from aborted fetuses from Planned Parenthood affiliates in other jurisdictions.” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/20/15]

Laxalt Also Requested The Affiliates To Confirm They Don’t Participate In Fetal Tissue Donations. According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Laxalt also asked for confirmation the affiliates do not participate in tissue donation and that the Nevada facilities are in full compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/20/15]

Democrats Criticized Laxalt Over The Move, Accusing Him Of Using His Office To Push A Partisan Agenda

Democrats Accused Laxalt Of Using His Office To Advance His “Blind Ambition And Partisan Ideological Agenda.” According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, “The Nevada State Democratic Party accused Laxalt, a Republican, of pushing a ‘partisan ideological agenda.’ ‘Nevada women who rely on the preventative health care services Planned Parenthood provides are not pawns to be used by Adam Laxalt to burnish his Republican primary credentials in his inevitable future runs for higher office,’ spokesman Zach Hudson said. ‘Adam Laxalt should stop using his office to advance his blind ambition and partisan, ideological agenda.’” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/20/15]

Laxalt Closed The Investigation A Few Months After Planned Parenthood’s Las Vegas Clinics Confirmed Their Facilities Don’t Perform Abortions Or Donate Fetal Tissue

Laxalt Closed The Inquiry Months After The Clinic Confirmed They Did Not Perform Abortions Or Partake In Fetal Tissue Donation Programs. According to Nevada Independent, “He closed the inquiry a few months later after Planned Parenthood clinics in Las Vegas confirmed their facilities don’t perform surgical abortions or participate in fetal tissue donation programs.” [Nevada Independent, 1/27/18]

2018: Laxalt Refused To Answer Questions On Planned Parenthood Funding

Laxalt Refused To Answer Questions On Planned Parenthood Funding, Said He Was Against Both Partial-Birth And Late-Term Abortions. According to Reno Gazette Journal, “Laxalt did not directly answer a question about funding for Planned Parenthood, saying only that it was an issue for federal representatives to address. Laxalt also declined to respond to a question about whether abortions should always be legally available, explaining that was an ‘extremist phrasing of the issue.’ He said he was against both partial-birth and late-term abortions.” [Reno Gazette Journal, 4/23/18]

Laxalt Said Planned Parenthood Funding Was “An Issue For Our Federal Representatives To Address.” According to AdamLaxalt.com, “Should federal funding be provided to Planned Parenthood? I’m running for state office and this is an issue for our federal representatives to address.” [AdamLaxalt.com, 4/23/18]