A new video from an undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood shows one of their staff doctors haggling over prices with investigators she believes to be part of a medical research firm.
The video shows two investigators from the Center for Medical Progress at a meeting with Dr. Mary Gatter, president of the Planned Parenthood Medical Directors’ Council, where they discuss the fees for “intact tissue.”
One exchange in the video shows Gatter entering into negotiations for prices of intact aborted babies:
Investigator: What would make you happy? What would work for you?
Gatter: Well, you know in negotiations the people who throws out the figure first is at a loss, right? So…(laughing)
Investigator: No, I don’t look at it that way. I know, you want to play that game, I get it.
Gatter: I don’t want to play games, I just don’t want to lowball, because I’m used to low things from…
Investigator: You know what? If you lowball, I’ll act pleasantly surprised and you’ll know it’s a lowball.
Gatter: Okay.
Investigator: What I want to know is what would work for you. Don’t lowball it, tell me what you really…
Gatter: OK. $75 a specimen.
Gatter even talks to another staff member about changing the procedure to a “less crunchy” method to preserve the babies for distribution to medical researchers.
“If we want to pursue this mutually I’ll mention this to Ian in terms of how he feels about using a ‘less crunchy’ technique to get more whole specimens,” Gatter says.
At the end of the lunch, Gatter suggests that even $100 a specimen (which the investigators suggested) is not enough.
“Let me just figure out what others are getting, and if this is in the ballpark, then it’s fine, if it’s still low, then we can bump it up. I want a Lamborghini,” Gatter says.
The video is the second released by the undercover investigators. The previous video drew an apology from the group’s leader because of the “tone” of the employee in the video.