Cruz Recruits Pastors in Fight to Defund P. Parenthood

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is recruiting pastors to mobilize their congregations in a push to defund Planned Parenthood.

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.