Trump, in a statement to the New York Times, also omits that point, as he confirmed that the White House had approached the provider with a deal.
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“For us to basically blanket them with a condemnation and to treat them as if they’re a demonic organization is really not necessary”, said State Rep. Jim Wayne, D-Louisville.
“Polling shows the majority of Americans oppose public funding for abortion, even those who identify as pro-choice”, he said.
Planned Parenthood now receives about $500 million in federal funding annually, none of which goes to paying for abortions. A 2016 report notes that three-quarters of Planned Parenthood patients have incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and “approximately 60 percent of Planned Parenthood patients access care through the Medicaid program and/or the Title X family planning program”. They are not visiting the centers to make a political statement or to annoy anti-abortion supporters.
Trump, who is pro-life, recently stated that he is committed to investing in women’s health and had plans to increase funds for non-abortion services. By law, Planned Parenthood can not use taxpayer funds for abortion.
Planned Parenthood, meanwhile, has published an email you can send to Congress Members to vehemently oppose the act’s defunding plan.
To put it simply, the president tried to bully Planned Parenthood into accepting his outrageous proposal – and when they said no, he did what he does best: ruin things.
No federal funding can be made, either directly or indirectly, by Medicaid to a healthcare organization that ‘provides for abortions, ‘ other than those done in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.
Even if Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, were to stop performing abortions, some pro-life activists say that the organization still shouldn’t be a recipient of federal funds.
“Millions and millions of women-cervical cancer, breast cancer-are helped by Planned Parenthood”, Trump said in a Republican Primary Debate. “It is not their choice how we grow our families”, Fleming said.
Don’t block patients from coming to Planned Parenthood, because so many of your most vulnerable constituents have no place else to go for quality, compassionate care without judgment.
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This week has been a busy one for opponents and proponents of Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization in the USA that provides reproductive health counseling and care to women in the US and around the world.
