What's 'willfully ignorant,' now? Andy Richter defends @PPact fetal tissue trafficking

In the wake of Friday’s deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, Conan’s sidekick tweeted this:

Tonight & always, #IStandWithPlannedParenthood, & I stand against terrorism & the lying political opportunists who tacitly encourage it

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 28, 2015

And then he spent some time yesterday railing against — what else? — pro-lifers who’ve dared shame Planned Parenthood for trafficking in fetal tissue:

To call fetal tissue "baby parts" shows a childish ignorance about medical research. Imagine a Dr. calling muscle tissue "people meat"…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

…& even though “baby parts” was a phrase used by CO Springs shooter, ppl who profit by using it (by $$ &/or votes) are still using it…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

…It is vile, cynical, willfully ignorant propaganda…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

You’re projecting again, Andy.

…What grotesque fantasy do ppl have about what is done w these “baby parts”? What do they have against curing diseases?…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

…”Baby parts” were used to develop the poliovirus vaccine, which saves 550,000 lives yrly. That is pro-life…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

…Diseases “baby parts” are helping to cure:
Cancer
Diabetes
Birth defects
HIV
MS
ALS
Alzheimer’s…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

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…If you are howling about “baby parts”, and you or your loved ones have benefitted from treatments for these diseases…

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

…you may be a hypocrite.

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 29, 2015

And you, Andy, may be, well, kind of ghoulish.

The whole "if you're against medical research using fetal parts you aren't prolife" argument Andy Richter is peddling is bullshit.

— Jen RN☘️ (@JenM623) November 30, 2015

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/671410536941244416

Hey @AndyRichter could we chop you up and give your body parts to research you know for science? https://t.co/D2qfPrpEjM

— Ryan Jones (@RyanGRAA) November 30, 2015

https://twitter.com/FBillMcMorris/status/671411010968920064