ms. thayer. your testimony spoke to that. singh those kinds of numbers, ms. thayer, could you be convinced planned parenthood is nonprofit? >> officially planned parenthood is a nonprofit, but their main concern is really their bottom line. we would have monthly managers meetings via the very webcam system that they installed to do the abortions, and on a spreadsheet they would have our goals, our quotas for every single service, supply that we have to. if we met our goal that square would be green to if we were 5% below it would be yellow and if we're 10% below it would be read and we would have to have a corrective action plan on how to correct that. and abortion was one of those items. if we didn't abortions at that center then we had a goal for abortion referrals. >> could use declared in your testimony with confidence that in your years working for planned parenthood that h even though planned parenthood islam as a nonprofit that they are profit driven? >> welcome they are all about the profit. for example, they purchase birth control pills for $2.98 a cy

ms. thayer. it's a whistleblower case where if you when you wow a lot of money. >> i've never really talked about that. >> while you wow a lot of money if you win, take it from me. >> my ford fiesta is paid for so i don't know what i would do with that. >> money doesn't matter. >> telling the truth is what matters. >> okay. mr. levatino as far as you know planned parenthood doesn't make political contributions? >> i have no idea what contributions planned parenthood makes. >> or if they do make contributions. they don't do it today ms. fredrickson? >> i'm not in the corporate structure of planned parenthood. >> all right, dr. doctor are you aware of the stories of the many women whose lives have literally been saved by planned parenthood? >> in what ways are? >> that's not my question. my question is are you aware of that being the case? >> it's hard to answer the question without knowing what context you are asking. >> how about you miss up to? >> i guess i would answer the same. >> you heard ab

ms. susan thayer. ms. thayer worked for nearly 18 years as the center manager of the planned parenthood clinic in storm lake, iowa. she was fired in december, 2008, when she expressed concerns about webcam abortions. she has since become a strong voice for life and educates the public about abortion and specifically webcam abortions. our next witness is ms. caroline frederickson. ms. frederickson is president of the american constitution society. she has been widely published on a range of legal and constitutional issues and is a frequent guest on television and radio shows. before joining american constitution society, caroline served as the director of the aclu's washington legislative office and as general counsel and legal director of naral pro-choice america. our final witness is ms. luana stoltenburg who is public speaker for operation outcry a ministry that seeks to educate the public about the devastating consequences of abortion. she's a resident of davenport, iowa. welcome to you all. your written

ms. thayer. ms. fredrickson, welcome. >> good afternoon, chairman goodlatte and members of the committee. i'm the president of the american constitution society for law and policy. i am testifying today in my personal capacity and do not purport to represent any institutional views of the american constitution society. thank you for providing me the opportunity to testify here today in response to this most recent attack on planned parenthood. planned parenthood is a nearly century old health care provider that plays s s critical role in securing the right to health care for millions of americans. each year planned parenthood health centers provide services such as family planning counseling and contraception, breast exams and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to 2.7 million patients and no less than one in five women in the united states has visited a planned parenthood health center at least once in her lifetime. these services help women prevent an estimated 516,000 uninten

ms. thayer? dr. levatino do you know anyone who's who has lost their medical license?do not. >> second question, i don't have your name right. >> stoltenberg. >> and i'm sorry for the problems you've had in your history. your first abortion was at planned parenthood. where was your second abortion clinics and where was your third abortion? >> i believe it was at emma goldman. >> emma goldman is not planned parenthood. >> they do a lot of the same procedures. >> a lot of places do the same procedure but this hearing is about planned parenthood so your second and third abortions had nothing to do with planned parenthood. you have a -- what's the name of your not-for-profit? >> cornerstone for life. >> do you draw salary they are? >> i get a stipend. >> how much is a five and? >> about the dollars a month. >> you are considered a christian speaker. do you get paid to get the speeches are just expenses? >> usually i don't get paid at all. i'm not being paid to be here. >> i know that. i don't think any of us get paid too much. the fact is that hearing just like the nazi, i