George Neumayr on Howard Dean, who served on the board of Planned Parenthood, did an OB-GYN rotation for a PP clinic, but denies having performed abortions.

Surely Dean will at least take credit for abortion referrals. Recall his NARAL dinner speech last year where, in a attempt to score a debating point against parental notification laws, he described an occasion in his medical office where he lent a sympathetic ear to a 12-year-old who had been impregnated by her father. Under questioning from NBC’s Tim Russert, Dean had to admit his incest story was bogus. The girl’s father wasn’t involved. Russert: “…when you told the story, you knew otherwise.” Dean: “That’s right.” Russert: “Why didn’t you say that?” Dean: “Because it didn’t make any difference.”(It would have made a difference for his argument. He needed the incest fabrication to punctuate the story with the line: “You explain that to the American people who think that parental notification is a good idea.”)

Such lies and schemes are familiar to Vermont pro-lifers. They are still shaking their heads over Dean’s “Dr. Dynasaur” health care program which allowed low-income mothers to claim their unborn child for eligibility in the program, then gave them funds to abort the child.