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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:09 PM Jan 2015

GOP renews funding fight against Planned Parenthood

Source: The Hill

More than 80 House Republicans are again seeking to block federal funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, saying they want to defund "the big abortion industry.” "Planned Parenthood and organizations like it that profit off the destruction of innocent life do not deserve one more dime from American taxpayers,” Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) wrote in a release Thursday after reintroducing the bill.

Black, who spent 40 years as a nurse, said her legislation would "clarify the original intent and spirit of the law” that prevents federal dollars from being used in abortions. The bill targets a funding program called Title X family planning grants, which give money for services ranging from infertility counseling to STD testing. Planned Parenthood is the country’s largest recipient of the grants.

Providers are already prohibited from using federal money to fund abortions, but the GOP lawmakers argue that the rules should be more strict.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chairman of the Pro-Life Caucus, said the federal government should not be supporting Planned Parenthood at all, describing the nonprofit as “Child Abuse, Incorporated.”

“The federal government should not be subsidizing the largest abortion chain in America, Planned Parenthood,” Smith said.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/228925-gop-renews-abortion-funding-fight-against-planned-parenthood

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GOP renews funding fight against Planned Parenthood (Original Post) ErikJ Jan 2015 OP
Federal funds are not used for abortions, they should be but they are not. randys1 Jan 2015 #1
They are none too fond of children... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #2
To appease and rile up their base. ErikJ Jan 2015 #4
Yet another reason to reach into your wallet and donate to NNAF. eggplant Jan 2015 #3
Another idiot from Tennessee, Lionel Mandrake Jan 2015 #5

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Federal funds are not used for abortions, they should be but they are not.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:11 PM
Jan 2015

The GOP hates Women, really hates Women.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
2. They are none too fond of children...
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:23 PM
Jan 2015

...either, once they are out of the uterus.

Why do they keep yapping about federal funds being used for abortion? Hasn't this been prohibited for quite some time now?

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
4. To appease and rile up their base.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:36 PM
Jan 2015

Look we're already doing something for you. Thanks for your votes.
Here's some of the the propaganda article from Life News about it.
They make you believe that 94% of their activity is abortion yet in reality only 3% is. They must be including IUDs and other BC that they claim are abortions, yet scientifically are NOT.

Some other takeaways from Planned Parenthood’s own figures:

In 2013, abortions made up 94% of Planned Parenthood’s pregnancy services.
For every adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performed 174 abortions.
While abortions rose, Planned Parenthood adoption referrals dropped 14% in one year, and prenatal care services dropped 4%.
Planned Parenthood’s cancer prevention services are down 17% over one year, and contraceptive services dropped by 4%.
During fiscal year 2013-2014, Planned Parenthood received more than $528 million in taxpayer funding, or more than $1.4 million per day, in the form of government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements.
Taxpayer funding accounts for 41% of Planned Parenthood’s overall revenue.
Planned Parenthood reported more than $127 million in excess revenue, and more than $1.4 billion in net assets.

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/08/new-congressional-bill-would-de-fund-planned-parenthood-abortion-business/

eggplant

(3,893 posts)
3. Yet another reason to reach into your wallet and donate to NNAF.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:26 PM
Jan 2015
http://www.fundabortionnow.org/

Because what's the point of having the right to an abortion if you can't afford one?

Lionel Mandrake

(4,073 posts)
5. Another idiot from Tennessee,
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:45 PM
Jan 2015

the state which gave us the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial".

I have to wonder whether Rep. Diane Black is descended from any animal as intellegent as an ape.

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