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human
ELI5: The Planned Parenthood video

When I watch it, it makes me uneasy, but then when I read the rebuttal articles it seems like it's nothing out of the ordinary. What are the rules around this and what will the consequences of this video be?
gpt
"Planned Parenthood sells dead babies!" is a very snappy headline, but the reality of it is closer to "Planned Parenthood is one of many organizations that donates otherwise useless tissue to medical research, in accordance with federal law". Would you rather that they just throw it away?

The video was put out by a political group that's specifically seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood. The whole thing is carefully framed and heavily edited to maximize that effect. They seem to have been sitting on this information for months until the timing was right, which isn't what you'd normally do if you earnestly thought people were committing heinous federal crimes.

The whole thing plays up to the mindset of people who already think PP is evil, basically.

It's true that doctors discussing medical procedures can sometimes use very stark language. That's because these procedures are inherently invasive. Think about heart surgeons who literally cut people open for a living. If they were traumatized by that, they wouldn't be very good at their job.