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(ACORN 2.0) GOP would defund Planned Parenthood, contraceptives, health counseling

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The US House of Representatives is expected to pass an amendment to the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 by this weekend that would cut millions of dollars in funding to Planned Parenthood for contraceptives, reproductive health counseling and cancer screenings.

The amendment eliminates all $327 million in funding for Title X, a family planning program that began 40 years ago under President Richard Nixon. And while Planned Parenthood receives millions of dollars from the program, Title X funds cannot be used for abortion services.

The money is to be used for noncontroversial family planning services, mostly for low-income families.

"I am aware that Title X family planning funds are eliminated in this bill, but eliminating Title X funding has never been my goal," Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), who offered the amendment, said on the House floor Thursday.

"I support the important work of Title X clinics across the country that provide breast cancer screenings, HIV testing, counseling, and other valuable family planning services."

"My focus has and will remain on denying taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood or any organization that provides or promotes abortion as a means of birth control," he added.

The amendment is attached to a bill that is needed to fund the government for the rest of the current fiscal year and considered "must pass" legislation.

"Congress should use the continuing resolution to create jobs, not to further the extreme assault on women’s reproductive rights by eliminating the cost-effective family planning program," Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) said.

The abortion rights group NARAL said the legislation would lead to more unwanted pregnancies by cutting funding for contraceptives.

"The new anti-choice House leadership now wants to take away birth control and cancer screenings from millions of American women and men," Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL, said. "While these politicians attack abortion coverage from every angle, they now want to deny funding for birth control, even though that’s the best way to prevent unintended pregnancy. Americans will not stand for this blatant hypocrisy."

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63 comments // (ACORN 2.0) GOP would defund Planned Parenthood, contraceptives, health counseling

  • bike10
  • Milieu
    • 0
      Milieu  

    • Ah, the moral stink of the Repubic Party: Cut funds that help human people but spend money for birth control for horses.

      You don't suppose............... Dan Burton?.................horses?...................

      A Republican representative has introduced a spending bill amendment aimed at promoting the use of contraception – by horses.

      Burton’s amendment comes as Republicans seek to cut off funding for Title X, the only federal program devoted to family planning among humans.

      Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49689.html#ixzz1ETsKIgMF

    • 1 year ago
  • munkee303
    • -1
      munkee303  

    • The point is the federal government is not responsible for funding these services, it is a local issue. In my community of about 300,000 people, there is a PP clinic, but also a city health. dept. clinic, aids/STD clinic and like a dozen other abortion or adoption services. Even if PP shut down, there are local services available. Not to mention Medicaid and morning after pills available at any pharmacy, PLENTY of options. The gov't is spending trillions they don't have and thank god they are trying to cut federal spending on programs that are available locally anyway. If your community relies soley on PP, get off Current and write your local representative or council to implement a program supplied with city or state funds. Read the Constitution, there is no right to free family planning services.

    • 1 year ago
  • Pheena187
    • +1
      Pheena187  
    • munkee303:

      You obviously don't live in California. We have little to no local services here. Also, if there isn't enough money for local services, why would local representatives even bother to read our letters.

      Also, you obviously don't know what you are talking about. Local services and the health department have certain qualifications and extremely limited hours of operation due to budget cuts. Since PP is federally funded it has many options and services available.

      FYI: I don't know if you know this but, the money provided to local services comes from the FEDERAL government, they print money thus funding everything.

    • 1 year ago
  • munkee303
    • -1
      munkee303  

    • The point is the federal government is not responsible for funding these services, it is a local issue. In my community of about 300,000 people, there is a PP clinic, but also a city health dept., aids/STD clinic

    • 1 year ago
  • bike10
  • twinite
    • +2
      twinite  

    • This will never make it past the Senate or the Presidents veto pen, which in essence makes is another waste of time and money.

      But it does bring to light exactly where the GOP's level of intelligence stands. I shutter to imagine a country where basic birth control is denied to low income women. Where is the logic in that ??

    • 1 year ago
  • the1union1man2organize
  • Leen61
    • +1
      Leen61  

    • If this horrible bill passes the Senate, Obama best veto it or he is going to lose millions of women voters. Harry Reid could do us all a big favor and not even bring this up for a vote in the Senate. He should say "Give me a jobs creation bill or this one doesn't see the light of day." This is actually more job KILLING legislation with less funding. There will be fewer jobs. WI is big on Planned Parenthood. We have some of the best facilities in the country located here. This will be a travesty if this succeeds.

    • 1 year ago
  • Current_Fan1
    • -6
      Current_Fan1  

    • Liberals are going to warp our great country into a level playing field where greatness doesn't exist.

      Let's all just settle for mediocracy.

      So much for the land of oppurtunity...

    • 1 year ago
  • TheAmericanPatriot
  • awizard2u
    • +2
      awizard2u  

    • If you are a replup everyone MUST have the same beliefs and morals or you will stop it, defund it, lie about it, twist it . They disgust me and can't be depended on to do the "right" thing.

    • 1 year ago
  • Cruzankenny
    • +6
      Cruzankenny  

    • Those Democratic Party members that voted to defund Planned Parenthood need to be made an example of and targeted for the extinction next election. They should also be held fiscally responsible, along with others that voted for this measure, for all expenses incurred if and when there's a rise in teen pregnancy, cervical and breast cancer as well as STD's.
      This is a major step back to the stone age and while it's to be expected from the dinosaurs of the GOP, nobody who runs for election under the camouflage of the Democratic Party should escape responsibility for the repercussions of a Neanderthal measure such as this.

    • 1 year ago
  • Retsnom
    • -9
      Retsnom  

    • You emotional ignorant libs bitch about money, well follow the money. Planned Parenthood is all about making money. They neither plan families or plan parenthood. What they do do is make money providing abortion services in the tune of 100s of millions of dollars a year. Where do they get this money? From the U.S. tax payers of course with little to no over site.

      This isn't about woman's health, protection of women from back alley abortions, or even fetuses. It is about money and population control. The more abortions the more Planned Parenthood makes, the more fetuses they destroy the smaller the population, period.

      While I may have problems with abortion in general it is still legal and always will be but I would rather create small businesses than a government hand out. People need to be held accountable for their actions and having to pay for your own abortion is responsible and may have a side effect of teaching these people not to be sluts or at least use some contraceptives.

    • 1 year ago
  • WakeUpPeople
    • +3
      WakeUpPeople  
    • Retsnom:

      In Fact, Less Than 15% Of Total Revenue Comes From Abortion Services

      Contraception, STD Testing And Treatment, Cancer Screening Make Up Vast Majority Of Planned Parenthood Services. Planned Parenthood's 2008-2009 annual report states: "For the three million patients our doctors and nurses saw, we provided contraception (36 percent of our total services), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (31 percent), cancer screening and prevention (17 percent), and abortion services (three percent)." [Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2008-2009, accessed 2/17/11]

      Planned Parenthood Receives 15% Of Its Annual Revenue From Abortion Services. According to data from the most recent Planned Parenthood Annual Report:

      Abortion accounted for 3 percent of total services (approximately 328,308 of 10,943,609 services)
      At an average cost of $500, total revenue from abortion services was approximately $164,154,000
      Revenue from abortion services was less than 15 percent of the total annual revenue, which was $1,100,800,000 [Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2008-2009, accessed 2/17/11]

    • 1 year ago
  • hombre76
    • +3
      hombre76  
    • Retsnom:

      For the record, none of the taxpayer dollars Planned Parenthood receives through the Title X Family Planning program (fractions of a penny per taxpayer) go to fund abortions, and the abortions performed by Planned Parenthood account for less than 5% of all patient services rendered, according to the latest annual report.)

      pulled from a post two below yours you lieing sack of shit.

    • 1 year ago
  • TheAmbivalante
    • +2
      TheAmbivalante  
    • Retsnom:

      It's about money and population control? Listen up Monster -- oh sorry, retsnom -- there's a publicly funded clinic down the street from you. Take a little stroll there. They'll treat you real nice and show you inkblots and stuff. It's neat. You should go. And maybe stay awhile.

      FYI - You should be happy Planned Parenthood is around. If not for them, your daughter would get knocked up by one of those illegal immigrants she's "dating."

      Sorry, that was uncalled for. It was just me being an emotional ignorant lib.

      ANOTHER FYI - Planned Parenthood gets about a third of it's money from govt grants. The rest comes from private donors. That's 2/3 for the math impaired.

      YET ANOTHER FYI - a 13-year old girl who was just raped by her dad and his buddy isn't a slut. She's a victim. Unless, of course, you're one of those freaks that thinks she was "asking for it."

      Crawl back into your jammies and go sleepy-time, now.

    • 1 year ago
  • awizard2u
    • +2
      awizard2u  
    • Retsnom:

      Please post your RELIABLE sources for :

      "What they do do is make money providing abortion services in the tune of 100s of millions of dollars a year" and "From the U.S. tax payers of course with little to no over site. "
      How do you know this to be TRUE?

    • 1 year ago
  • MizPiz
  • Cruzankenny
    • +2
      Cruzankenny  
    • Retsnom:

      Is it me?
      Am I alone feeling 'sluts' is a derogatory term?
      Regarding the concept that being required to pay for your own abortion will have the resultant side effect of 'teaching these people', e.g., the aforementioned 'sluts':
      a) not to be sluts.
      b) or if that fails, to at least use some contraceptives.

      Now that we've visited the demographics of whom Planned Parenthood's primary clients are, we address their business model.
      We find, it's not about women's health issues, it's about money and population control. The business model is focused on population control through abortions and the ensuing profit derived from preforming said abortions.
      This infers a great profit margin performing abortions as opposed to teaching preventative measures, which result in no pregnancy in the first place.
      In this case, the passage of this bill will inflate Planned Parenthood's coffers exponentially. I propose that PPH become a publicly held Corporation and prepare an IPO. Based on the fact they will be performing more abortions due to the lack of funds to teach these 'sluts' about preventative measures. I project windfall profits and stock splits 2 to 3 times a year.
      Remember you heard it here first!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • Retsnom
    • -2
      Retsnom  
    • WakeUpPeople:

      even by your stats Planned Parenthood makes 100s of millions doing abortions, there is not lie and still a large revenue stream for them that is currently given to them by the Tax payers. What is not mentioned in your stats is repeat clients with 1/3 of their revenue coming from the GOV.

      Besides if it is such a small amount then they will not miss it, right? What is so wrong with Planned Parenthood competing with the private sector and not relying on the government? NOTHING

      What is the big deal if the government pulls money from them? Are you telling me they will fail? Hmm something isn't right now is it?

    • 1 year ago
  • Retsnom
    • -2
      Retsnom  
    • hombre76:

      wow nice failure of reading planned Parenthood's own stats... "At an average cost of $500, total revenue from abortion services was approximately $164,154,000 " Sorry douche bag, no lies here.

      LOLS fail again.

      As far as the population control issue, that is conjecture on my part no doubt as I gather an overall sense that a society that has such little respect for human life is doomed along with the fact that most libs, environmentalist, and the like already think the planet is over populated and abortion is a very small way of controlling growth, thus will never be over turned. Yes no one is forced to have an abortion and then again no one is forced to have a child either.

      So no worries there abortion fans, it isn't going anywhere.

    • 1 year ago
  • Retsnom
  • WakeUpPeople
    • +1
      WakeUpPeople  
    • Retsnom:

      Your argument was that Planned Parenthood got that abortion revenue money from taxpayers. They do not, and you have yet to prove that they do. I wasn't arguing with the $100M figure at all (although technically it is revenue and not profit). I was simply showing that of all of the services that PP provides, abortions were only 3% of the total. The GOP wants to defund all of the other health services because of that 3% (which is not funded by the govt).

    • 1 year ago
  • Pheena187
    • +1
      Pheena187  
    • Retsnom:

      On top of what WakeUpPeople said.

      People being sluts is society and media issue. We should reward intelligence and other admirable qualities. Sex sales, so I guess we'll keep rewarding and promoting bad behavior.

    • 1 year ago
  • noxidereus
    • +9
      noxidereus  

    • Does anyone else see the irony of the right-wing being so afraid of sharia law, and yet they can't get enough of America's Christian version of Sharia law?

      The American Taliban is at it again.

      When religion interferes with politics, everyone loses (especially women).

    • 1 year ago
  • bundlebear
    • +4
      bundlebear  

    • Following a slew of graphic abortion experience descriptions from GOP Rep. Chris Smith of NJ, Rep. Speier revealed that she was “one of those women you spoke about just now.”

      “I lost the baby,” Speier went on to say. “And for you to stand on this floor and suggest that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought, is preposterous.”

      For the record, none of the taxpayer dollars Planned Parenthood receives through the Title X Family Planning program (fractions of a penny per taxpayer) go to fund abortions, and the abortions performed by Planned Parenthood account for less than 5% of all patient services rendered, according to the latest annual report.)

    • 1 year ago
  • hombre76
    • +7
      hombre76  

    • Well here you go America this is what you get when you vote Republican, Not JOBS, but more cultural war and a complete disregard for the suffering of the working man. Do you all get it this time?! or are we filled to the brim in this nation with self induced ignorance that we will continue to incorporate these rich loving parisites into our offices of power? I pray that there is still a sence of duty to ones fellow Americans and workers that we can throw these bums out on their ears. Do as the brave egyptians have done and throw off this yolk of corporate plutocracy from our backs for good.

    • 1 year ago
  • hindotka
  • bundlebear
  • TheAmbivalante
  • Varex_Sythe
    • +2
      Varex_Sythe  
    • hindotka:

      Well it's not so much that idiots would be taught not to have babies. You've alluded to having a kid after all and you do not seem to be too bright, so that is either not the mission of planned parenthood or you just happen to be one of millions of failures in regards to their mission.

      But hey, you seem like an idiot so I'll spell it out for you.

      "The US House of Representatives is expected to pass an amendment to the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 by this weekend that would cut millions of dollars in funding to Planned Parenthood for contraceptives, reproductive health counseling and cancer screenings"

      Let's focus on the last three parts of that sentence.

      Contraceptives. Yes, Planned Parenthood gives out contraceptives. And as much as you think that people should be taught to be responsible, they'll still fuck it up if they don't have the tools to get the job done right. People are going to have sex. Some will be 18 (possibly younger), some will be in their 30's, but people who are on food stamps can't really afford things like condoms or the damn pill. They're still going to have sex regardless, but oddly enough it is cheaper to spend tax dollars on helping prevent unwanted pregnancies than it is to help pay to raise a child.

      Reproductive Health Counseling. Yes, Planned Parenthood should have this option as well, because if people should know anything, it is that your parents are probably the best and worst source for information when questions about sex pop up. Some parents are really active and strait forward about answering those kinds of questions. And even if some parents are not, they typically have the option of letting their kid take a sex ed class in high school that will give their kid the basic understanding of the mechanics and ideologies. But then you have some parents who don't consent to letting their kids go to sex ed and will not answer those questions for whatever reasons they have, or you have sex ed classes that teach abstinence only education which is about as effective as using a paper towel to fix a leaky barrel full of water.

      And finally, Cancer Screenings (as well as HIV and other STD tests). Those cost money that many people who frequent Planned Parenthood cannot afford in their basic budget, and catching many of those diseases early on can make a world of difference for the person who is sick, not just in terms of survivability but in terms of economic cost as well.

      Here's some final food for thought, try something other than political catch phrases and talking points to get a rise out of people. If you're going to make an argument then back it up with something of substance, and if you can't then you should move on boy.

    • 1 year ago
  • Danny_Mcstotts
  • bundlebear
    • +4
      bundlebear  

    • when there's no more planned parenthood to educate people on contraceptives and there's an influx of unwanted children what effect is that going to have on our society

    • 1 year ago
  • hindotka
  • bundlebear
  • noxidereus
  • Retsnom
  • TheAmbivalante
  • kgMA
    • +3
      kgMA  
    • hindotka:

      Your rude and arrogant comments reek of ignorance and a lack of character! Pull yourself out of the gutter, wash out your mouth, go back to High School and try staying awake during class! Your parents can't be proud of what their sperm and eggs produced!

    • 1 year ago
  • Cruzankenny
  • nanac
    • +4
      nanac  

    • This is classic GOP.They target a program that benefits Middle-class Americans. and the working poor, then they lie, smear the name of the organization, and do everthing in their power to de-fund the organization..

    • 1 year ago
  • UrbanGypsy
  • Almibry
    • +6
      Almibry  
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    • Live Action is disgusting. I think this article sums it up nicely I think I read this on Jan. 25th, 2 weeks before the Live Action videos were released:

      "...

      According to the Child Obscenity and Exploitation section of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), sexual exploitation and trafficking of youth in the United States are problems of 'epidemic proportions.' The majority of young American victims of commercial sexual exploitation... tend to be 'runaway or thrown away' youth who live on the streets and who become victims of prostitution. These children 'generally come from homes where they have been abused, or from families that have abandoned them. They often become involved in prostitution as a way to support themselves financially or to get the things they want or need.'

      About one-fifth of these children, according to DOJ:

      [B]ecome entangled in nationally- organized crime networks and are trafficked nationally. They are transported around the United States by a variety of means – cars, buses, vans, trucks or planes, and are often provided counterfeit identification to use in the event of arrest. The average age at which girls first become victims of prostitution is 12-14. It is not only the girls on the streets that are affected -- for boys and transgender the average age of entry into prostitution is 11-13.

      Of course, the 'prolife' movement--so very worried about women, girls, fetuses, black babies, the 'pain' inflicted on women by abortion, etc, etc, etc--is deeply concerned about these children, right?

      Wrong.

      In what is perhaps one of the most craven actions of a deeply craven movement, anti-choice scam artists apparently affiliated with Live Action Films and Lila Rose of undercover 'gotcha film-fame' appear to have attempted an 'ACORN-like' hoax on Planned Parenthood Federation of America by sending people into Planned Parenthood health centers in six states posing as sex traffickers seeking health care for young girls who were 'part' of their supposed sex trafficking rings.

      In response, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder describing the visits and asking for an investigation.

      In a statement, PPFA said:

      Last week, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) alerted federal authorities to a potential multistate sex trafficking ring. Over a five day period, visitors to Planned Parenthood health centers in six states said they were seeking information from Planned Parenthood about health services Planned Parenthood could provide to underage girls who were part of a sex trafficking ring. Subsequent to alerting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Planned Parenthood learned the identify of one of those involved and believes these visits are likely a hoax by opponents of legal abortion seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood, which delivers preventive health care and abortion services to three million women each year.

      PPFA reports that men, sometimes accompanied by a woman, 'visited at least 11 Planned Parenthood health centers in six states within a one-week time frame.' The visits were made between January 11th and January 15th to health centers in Virginia, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Arizona. 'Among them was a clinic in Tucson, Ariz., which Planned Parenthood said was visited on the 15th, a week after the shooting rampage in that city that critically injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

      ...

      David Crary of the The Associated Press writes that in each case, according to Planned Parenthood, 'the man sought to speak privately with a clinic employee and then [once alone with the employee] requested information about health services for sex workers, including some who he said were minors and in the U.S. illegally.'

      One of the men involved in these visits has now been identified using video tapes at the clinics, and he appears to be 'associated with or influenced by Live Action.'

      ...

      Stuart Schear, Vice President of Communications at Planned Parenthood, said:

      'When Planned Parenthood learns of an operation that exploits young women, we vigilantly work with law enforcement authorities to uncover and stop this abhorrent activity. Planned Parenthood’s top priority is the health and safety of our patients and the health and well-being of women and teens across the country, and we have been in contact with federal and local authorities to identify the persons involved in these visits.'

      'If a multistate sex trafficking operation is in place,' he continued, 'those responsible must be pursued to stop the exploitation of girls and young women. If these visits are part of a ‘dirty tricks’ campaign, they must be condemned. Falsely claiming sex trafficking to health professionals to advance a political agenda is an astoundingly cynical form of political activity.'

      Yes. Astoundingly cynical. Put aside for a moment the ridiculous proposition that suddenly, out of nowhere, sex traffickers suddenly engage in a simultaneous multi-state effort openly seeking health care for victims of their crimes, i.e. youth entrapped in a virtual cycle of slavery, abuse, and exploitation at the hands of the traffickers themselves. Put aside for the moment the absurdity and sheer juvenality of the entire premise.

      And ask this: What purpose does such a hoax serve? Does it help to clarify for policymakers, the media, and potentially engaged constituencies the problems of sex trafficking within the United States? Assist in identifying victims of sex trafficking and provide them with assistance? Focus on reducing the violence to which street children are exposed? Examine the policies and conditions that might exacerbate sex trafficking of minors? Help get victims of sex trafficking shelter, legal help....urgently needed medical care? Victims of sex trafficking, after all, also need sexual health services because they are effectively being raped regularly and are more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections and experience unintended pregnancies. Does this help them get treatment?

      Is there anything about this that focuses on the real needs and rights of actual human beings?

      No.

      It's not about the victims of actual crimes. It's not about helping young girls and boys caught in a cycle of abandonment, abuse, violence and poverty. It's not about 'life.'

      What is it about?

      The goal, according to Rose, is to 'unnerve Planned Parenthood employees and eventually put them out of business.'

      ...

      Really? This is a goal? Of a featured leader of a movement that claims moral authority over women and their health?

      ...

      Given the unmet need for health care generally in this country, and for unmet sexual and reproductive health care particularly, Rose surely could have picked a more noble goal. Planned Parenthood operates more than 800 health centers across the country, and serves some 3 million clients a year with a range of voluntary health and family planning services. The centers provided women with 324,008 legal abortions in 2008, about one-fourth of the national total."

      More at link:

      http://www.alternet.org/rss/1/448956/planned_parenthood_may_have_busted_conserva...

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
  • BigAL72
    • +6
      BigAL72  

    • These women haters are all pro-life until their daughters get pregnant by a minority and than they are the first in line at abortion clinics.

    • 1 year ago
  • desmosabie
    • -6
      desmosabie  

    • Private sector could pick most of this up an run with 10000 new small businesses across the country all hiring new employees, or have our tax dollars keep paying for it...
      Cut the public funding and force the people to start their own businesses I say!

    • 1 year ago
  • littlwarrior
    • +6
      littlwarrior  

    • The GOP will defund anything that doesn't put money in their pockets. Giving to the poor is bad, giving to the rich is good. This makes so much sense right, because you know life's hard when you cant afford that yacht you really really wanted, but suddenly uncle Sam gives your company a new subsidy and that yacht is yours. Fuck those people who dont have enough money to heat their house or feed their kids, they didn't work hard enough anyways right?

    • 1 year ago
  • Nick19
    • +6
      Nick19  

    • Note to self- Bring fake hooker with hidden camera to Republican congressional office and selective editing applied later.

    • 1 year ago
  • bundlebear
  • hombre76
  • Nick19
  • COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
  • Milieu
    • +1
      Milieu  

    • Oh, ze,it's just so sad that you and all the Liberals can't see the Truth. Deism was just a code word that Fundamentalist Christians used to hide from the Communists and Atheists that were attacking them (the Founding Fathers). Communists and Atheists hated the U.S. because, even though the U.S. didn't exist yet, the Communists and Atheists knew that it would be born a Christian Country.

      RotfLMaO

      >>There, living in a RED State has allowed me the ability to present the "Rational" argument the Right Wing knows to be true. See, I even understand the $#!t that come out of Palin's ..........umm, mouth?

    • 1 year ago
  • PoliticalAmazon
    • +1
      PoliticalAmazon  

    • Well, at the rate the GOPers in Congress seem to prefer to chase young, minor-age House interns, or meet other men in airport bathrooms, perhaps contraception isn't really an issue for them?

      And, as we know about conservatives, their whole gig is "I got mine, who cares about you."

    • 1 year ago
  • alexandrek
  • desmosabie
  • EmperorThan
  • Blueshound9
    • -4
      Blueshound9  

    • From the article

      "Congress should use the continuing resolution to create jobs, not to further the extreme assault on women’s reproductive rights by eliminating the cost-effective family planning program," Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) said.

      So we should ignore those breaking the law because people need jobs?

      I don't think so.

      Why is Nita Lowey pro-criminal?

    • 1 year ago
  • Mr_Brainwash
  • ze
  • desmosabie
  • WakeUpPeople
    • +7
      WakeUpPeople  

    • From article:

      During the debate on the House floor Thursday, a number of Republicans made reference to a video recently produced by Live Action, an anti-abortion group run by 22-year-old Lila Rose.

      The video accused Planned Parenthood of aiding in the sex trafficking of minors, even though its undercover sting had already been uncovered by the family planning organization.

      The video "proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Planned Parenthood intentionally breaks state and federal laws and covers up the abuse of the young girls it claims to serve," Live Action's Rose said in a statement.

      Republicans have introduced numerous bills in the House and Senate aimed at reducing women's right to reproductive health services or eliminating access to abortions altogether.

      (end excerpt)

      Remind anyone of ACORN?

    • 1 year ago
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