Good. The bill, introduced in the wake of several undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing what the organization does with the tissue from aborted fetuses, was uncalled for, wrongheaded and a transparent case of partisan grandstanding.
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New Hampshire is the second state to withdraw state taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood after videos of the organization resurfaced. Planned Parenthood has 60 days to appeal the decision.
“Yes, I have left my position as Treasurer for Senator Donnelly’s campaign and yes, it is because of his vote to defund Planned Parenthood“, Davis said in the email to the Indianapolis Star.
“This is human life, and Planned Parenthood, the nation’s single largest provider of abortion services, is harvesting baby body parts“, Sen.
In the first video released, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director for medical services, spoke about selling baby body parts while eating a salad and drinking wine.
Since the videos surfaced last month, abortion opponents at the state and federal levels have renewed calls to strip tax funding of Planned Parenthood, which operates three clinics in Ohio offering abortions and other health-care services.
Trump was on conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt’s show, calling on Republicans to shut down the government if Democrats don’t agree to defund Planned Parenthood.
But defunding Planned Parenthood will not make abortion illegal, nor will it settle the moral debate over whether a woman has a say over whether she continues a pregnancy.
“In their own words and deeds, Planned Parenthood has shown the American public who they really are: a corporation that repeatedly puts profit over people“.
Fox added that federal courts have ruled federal law prohibits state from excluding abortion providers from Medicaid, AL.com reports.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal earlier this week ended that state’s contract with Planned Parenthood.
According to CNN, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, David Daleiden, says that’s exactly what they caught Planned Parenthood doing in California, Colorado, and Texas in order “to harvest higher quality fetal organs for sale”.
“I can state unequivocally that all of our health centers are operating in full compliance with Florida law as well as best practices in reproductive health care”, Goodhue said.
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“We are disappointed that Gov. Bentley has been distracted by a deceptive attack against our organization instead of staying focused on what really matters to women in Alabama”.
