Birmingham, Ala., Jun 30, 2009 / 19:41 pm
Another student investigation into Planned Parenthood’s treatment of alleged statutory rape victims has caught on video an Alabama counselor’s admission that her clinic “does sometimes bend the rules a little bit” rather than report sexual abuse. State law requires health professionals to report suspected cases of sexual abuse immediately to state authorities.
Lila Rose, a 20-year-old UCLA student and president of the group Live Action secretly visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham, Alabama under the guise of a 14-year-old pregnant by a 31-year-old “boyfriend.”
The video shows a Planned Parenthood counselor advising Rose on whether there is a “problem” about her “boyfriend.”
The counselor, identified as “Tanisha,” replies “As long as you consented to having sex with him, there's nothing we can truly do about that.”
When Rose claims her boyfriend said he could get in “big trouble,” Tanisha replied “he could, especially if your parents find out that he's 31.”