Palin: Planned Parenthood's logo worse than Confederate flag

Sarah Palin compared Planned Parenthood Federation of America to the Confederacy — and she thinks the health care provider does more harm.

In a Facebook status update Sunday, Palin posted an image of the Confederate flag and the Planned Parenthood logo side by side with the quote, “Which symbol killed 90,000 black babies last year? #Defund Planned Parenthood.”


The post had nearly 111,000 likes and had been shared 59,000 times on Monday.

The status update is one of several the former governor of Alaska has posted on her Facebook page since undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives were released earlier this month. Anti-abortion activists say the videos show the officials discussing the sale of fetal body parts, a charge Planned Parenthood denies.

Opponents of Planned Parenthood have used the videos to revive attempts to defund and investigate the organization, which receives approximately $500 million in government funding each year, mainly through Medicaid. By law, the government funding cannot be used for abortions.

Planned Parenthood insists everything the organization does is legal, and describes the videos as part of a long-term effort to harm the organization. The people behind the videos filmed them under false pretenses, Planed Parenthood says, and edited them in misleading ways.

On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) finalized a fast-track process for legislation that would remove federal funding of the organization. Rep. Diane Black has introduced similar legislation on the House side.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy called for Planned Parenthood’s funding to be blocked while Congress investigates whether claims of selling fetal body parts are true.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has announced her intention to investigate the undercover videos and the anti-abortion activists who made them after Democratic members of Congress urged her to do so.