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Planned Parenthood Video Sting reignites the abortion debate. I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for

Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Undercover videos show Planned Parenthood

executives discussing payment for fetal tissue, and it sparked investigations into the

women's health group. Planned Parenthood calls it a deceptive campaign by abortion foes to misrepresent

their work and discredit them. The group behind the recordings says clinics are illegally selling tissue from aborted fetuses for profit.

The controversy is all about the ethics of medical research,

but is the real goal to make a woman's right to choose harder than ever,

just in time for the next election cycle.

And today's talking point, big money and new discoveries in the search

for alien life. First, the news.

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We're back with To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogave in for Warren Olney. Just ahead,

Planned Parenthood is playing defense after two undercover videos appear to show executives discussing

the price of fetal tissue, left over from abortions, for medical research. A new front

in the abortion wars coming up. And later on

today's talking point, is anybody out there? The search for extraterrestrial intelligence got a

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