Newsom shreds Pence over vote to block Planned Parenthood money
The second-ranking politician in California is calling out the No. 2 official in the federal government for "astounding" hypocrisy after a United States Senate vote on Planned Parenthood funding.
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom sounded off on Facebook after Republican legislation letting states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers squeezed narrowly through the Senate on Thursday. The legislation was rescued by an ailing GOP senator who returned to the Capitol after back surgery and a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence.
In Congress' latest clash mixing the politics of abortion, women's health, and states' rights, Pence cast the decisive vote in a 51-50 roll call. The tally had been tied after two GOP senators, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan Collins, joined Democrats opposing the measure.
"Yesterday: Pence led a forum on empowering women," Newsom wrote on Facebook. "Today: Pence led a group of males in a vote to strip access to birth control & cancer screenings. The hypocrisy is astounding."
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health. Every single credible study shows that defending PP increases loss of healthcare, esp to poor women, an increase in unwanted pregnancies, increase in STDs, and more undiagnosed cancer. Non-affiliated clinics also tend to suffer along w/ PP-aff ones.
In addition, SNAP, TANF & other welfare related costs increase due to those poor & working poor who can afford neither preventative healthcare nor abortions — more poor & single parents.
