How Planned Parenthood Compares to Other Local Health Clinics

These supporters can tell you what the Republican candidates did not: that nationally 97 percent of Planned Parenthood services are for contraception, women’s health exams, prenatal care and other non-abortion services.

Earlier this month, 31 conservative Republicans vowed to vote against any spending bill that includes government funding towards the non-for-profit women’s health organization. But shutting the government down as a way of expressing opposition to Planned Parenthood or any other contentious issue is not the right thing to do.

While the plan would mean supporting a short-term bill introduced in the Senate on Thursday to keep the government open through December 11, it could also lead to legislation blocking money for Planned Parenthood hitting President Obama’s desk.

The US House voted and passed a bill Friday to defund Planned Parenthood with a 241-187 vote.

Sending such a measure to the GOP-controlled House two days before a potential shutdown seems aimed at giving Republican leaders in the House the push needed to roll over recalcitrant tea partyers opposed to a bill that fails to take on Planned Parenthood.

“Boehner is no moderate, but he struggled to control the radical wing of his own party”, Jacobson continued, “For that wing, the litmus test for leadership appears to be one’s willingness to deny health care to millions of women, and to shut down the government with that goal”. I think they’re scared that the people of America are starting to look at what’s really going on in a Planned Parenthood clinic …

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks after a press conference at a Planned Parenthood office in Portland, Ore., Friday, September 25, 2015. Some conservative members of the House have been explicit about the fact that they want to find a way to oust him.

“By eliminating federal funding for a major provider of healthcare, the Senate amendment… would limit access to health care for women, men, and families across the nation, and disproportionately impact low-income individuals”, the White House said.

Three forensics experts hired by a consultant paid for by Planned Parenthood concluded the group behind the videos, the Center for Medical Progress, heavily edited and manipulated them to suggest wrongdoing.

He said that having Boehner as speaker would have made the fight “even harder”.

He said yesterday he had planned to announce on November 17th, his 66th birthday, that he would leave at the end of the year.

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“In light of ongoing concerns about the organization, I have instructed state agencies to cease acting as an intermediary for pass-through federal funds to Planned Parenthood“, Herbert said in an official statement. The measure also contains $700 million in emergency funding to fight Western wildfires.