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Planned Parenthood Executive Emailed Hillary On Her Private Account

Chuck Ross Investigative Reporter
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Emails released Friday by the State Department include one that a Planned Parenthood executive sent to then-Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at her private email address, hdr22@clintonemail.com.

Laurie Rubiner, the vice president of public policy and advocacy for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, emailed Clinton on July 31, 2009, asking her to discuss abortion during a state trip to Kenya.

“Kenya has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in Africa — it is illegal unless a woman’s life is at risk and criminalizes both the woman and the provider,” wrote Rubiner, who, before working at Planned Parenthood, served as legislative director on Clinton’s senate staff.

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“I went to Kenya last month to work with the coalition that has formed to strategize against the Constitutional amendment and to work toward a less restrictive abortion law,” Rubiner continued in her note to Clinton. “I also visited several of our clinics and providers in Nairobi and in nearby villages where Planned Parenthood has programs to train providers in post abortion care.”

“I know it is asking a lot, but if there is any way that you could draw attention to this issue when you are in Kenya, you would be even more of my personal hero than you already are,” she said.

The email was sent to Clinton and several of her aides, including Huma Abedin.

Abedin responded telling Rubiner that Clinton’s trip to Kenya would likely not focus on women’s issues.

The State Department released more than 1,350 pages of emails Clinton sent or received during 2009.

[h/t The Weekly Standard]

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