Pete Kaliner is the host of a daily radio talk show on Asheville’s WWNC (570-AM) that airs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This column features posts from his daily blog.

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The following was posted on Aug. 24:

Asheville was home to one of more than 300 demonstrations at Planned Parenthood facilities across the nation Saturday (Aug. 19).

The day of action is in response to a series of undercover videos shot by the Center for Medical Progress that capture Planned Parenthood officials from other states talking about the harvesting and compensation of fetal organs.

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest says North Carolina does not fund the organization. However, the federal government does.

Mike, a listener to the show, shot this video on Saturday morning. He said there were about 300 protesters and about 30 supporters demonstrating.

WLOS puts the crowd count at 300 protesters and 100 supporters.

From the WLOS story:

“As you can see from my poster here, only 3 percent of PP budget is abortion,” said Caitlin Battles. “Everything else is cancer screening, it’s counseling, mammograms, STD testing, prevention, contraception. There’s so many things that go into Planned Parenthood.”

This claim has been used by Planned Parenthood supporters for a long time. It is, however, not accurate.

From The Washington Post fact-checker:

“With limited data, there is no accurate way to measure how much of Planned Parenthood’s activities comprise abortions. Both sides are using meaningless and incomplete comparisons to make their argument, and the public should be wary of both figures. Thus, both receive Three Pinocchios.”

“While Planned Parenthood has no legal obligation to make its data more public, it is unfortunate that the public has limited access to data about the organization. Planned Parenthood could end the speculation–and Pinocchios–by providing a more transparent breakdown of its clients, referrals and sources of revenues.”

In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced he would play the undercover videos on a big screen when supporters of Planned Parenthood showed up to demonstrate.

They moved their demonstration when they heard of his plan.

From PJ Media:

“Governor Jindal had a screen set up on his front lawn and had the disturbing Planned Parenthood videos played on a loop for the duration of the protest so the demonstrators could see why he made the decision he did.

“As the governor noted in his statement prior to the protest, “many Planned Parenthood supporters, including President Obama and members of the White House, said they have not or will not view the horrific Planned Parenthood videos.”

“Apparently, the Planned Parenthood supporters outside the governor’s mansion Thursday also refused to watch the horrific videos.

“According to Jindal, they moved their protest further away from the governor’s mansion in order to avoid them.

“‘We can understand why they wouldn’t want to watch,’ concluded the governor.”

Indeed.