Before the news of disgusting videos showing Planned Parenthood staffers selling aborted baby parts became national news, their Pennsylvania branch contacted Governor Tom Wolf’s (D) office warning them of the impending scandal, providing them with talking points, and explaining to the governor and his staff that they wanted to keep the scandal from national media:
As reported by the Tribune-Review Newspapers:
Lobbyist Sari Stevens offered talking points and told the governor's aides that her information was intended to remain among “friends,” according to Wolf administration emails provided to the Tribune-Review. The story “has not reached mainstream media yet; we are trying to keep it that way,” she wrote.
(...)n the emails, Stevens provided Wolf's staff with “talking points” about the videos and on two other occasions. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania Advocates exchanged dozens of emails with aides to Wolf, the first governor to have served as an “escort” for women at the state's largest abortion provider.
According to the governor's office, "The [state] administration acted swiftly to conduct a comprehensive review of facilities in Pennsylvania to ensure they are complying with the law.”
Some doubt the efficacy of that investigation because the governor has a very cozy relationship with Planned Parenthood. In fact, the day after the investigation was announced, the governor promoted legislative liaison Mary Isenhour to chief of staff. Ms Isenhour had been a board member for Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Governor Wolf used to be a Planned Parenthood escort, according Lifenews.com:
Earlier this month, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards proudly told a Pennsylvania group that Wolf is the “first governor in the history of this country who is also a former Planned Parenthood escort.”
Planned Parenthood escorts are volunteers who walk with patients from their car to the building, blocking them from pro-life sidewalk counselors.
Governor Wolf's spokesman Jeffrey Sheridan said the Sari Stevens emails exposed by the Tribune Review were “being pushed by Republican operatives” and reflect no more than Wolf's long-held support for “a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.”
Sheridan did not explain why the babies who were being killed and torn apart didn't have the right to make their own medical decisions.
“The governor's office communicates with many organizations, with varying missions, from across Pennsylvania — including Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides important health care to women, including breast cancer screenings and other vital health care services,” Sheridan said.
FYI, Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms as one of its "heath care services."
Based on this report, it seems that Planned Parenthood was more concerned with cover-up and spin control than whether or not they were following the law.