Ted Cruz Recruits Pastors in Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood: Calls for Day of Fasting and Prayer

News Staff : Aug 25, 2015
CBN News

Cruz is asking pastors to preach against abortion this Sunday, and he's calling for a "day of prayer and fasting" on September 9.

(Washington, DC)—[CBN News] Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is recruiting pastors to mobilize their congregations in a push to defund Planned Parenthood. (Screengrab via CBN News)

• Cruz sent an email to 100,000 evangelical pastors denouncing "Planned Parenthood's barbaric practices of harvesting the body parts of innocent babies and selling them to the highest bidder."

• In his email and an online video, Cruz asks the pastors to join a Tuesday afternoon conference call about a defunding fight he plans to lead in the coming weeks.

• Cruz is asking pastors to preach against abortion this Sunday, and he's calling for a "day of prayer and fasting" on September 9.