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A Planned Parenthood counselor in Birmingham was caught on hidden camera telling an alleged 14-year-old statutory rape victim that the clinic "does sometimes bend the rules a little bit" rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities. This is the seventh Planned Parenthood clinic implicated in a multi-state child abuse scandal involving the deliberate and unlawful suppression of evidence of statutory rape.

Lila Rose, 20-year-old UCLA student and Live Action president, went undercover at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham and told a counselor that she was 14-years-old, pregnant by her 31-year-old "boyfriend," and needed a secret abortion so her parents would not find out about her sexual relationship with the older man.

DOWNLOAD VIDEO | Recorded by Lila Rose & Jackie Stollar on 7/2/08.
Planned Parenthood of Alabama
Video #6: Birmingham Center
1211 27th Place South
Birmingham, AL 35205

6/30 PRESS RELEASE: Undercover Student Video Shows Planned Parenthood in Alabama "Bending the Rules" of Mandatory Reporting for Sexual Abuse

6/30: CBS 42 10 O'Clock News Coverage

7/1: Announcement: Live Action will be sending the full unedited copy of the Alabama clinic investigation to Alabama state and local authorities tomorrow.

7/1: per Firm Foundation blog:
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is also looking into the matter. According to Lt.Randy Christian, who reviewed the tape yesterday:
“ Anyone who sees that should be disturbed by it, and I hope they’re disturbed by it. For a 31 year old to have sex with a 14 year old, that is rape in the second degree. I think they are not only morally obligated to report it - the law requires them to report it, and there could be some serious consequences otherwise,” says Christian.

7/2: Associated Press: AG King wants tape of Birmingham Planned Parenthood staffer allegedly saying rules are bent

7/8: Alabama Attorney General Calls Undercover Video of Planned Parenthood Ignoring Statutory Rape 'Extremely Troubling', Seeks Investigation