“They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need”, Bush said. That might have the additional benefit of being true; I can’t say. “For that she ought to be ashamed”, tweeted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
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She noted that Walker and U.S. Sen.
Said Rubio: “There is no doubt that there are lingering effects that are significant”.
“Jeb Bush said he is not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues”.
President Obama will deliver remarks in Washington today as he steps up his public engagement around the Iran nuclear deal.
And now we can add generalized women’s health funding to that list.
Jeb Bush spent the week of the first Republican presidential debate making up for a gaffe about women’s health care.
The question of Planned Parenthood’s funding leapt into the 2016 presidential contest this week amid an ongoing row into the release of graphic videos, secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists, that show officials of the group describing how they sometimes provide fetal tissue to medical researchers.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has reported that more than 40,000 Granite Staters have signed up for the New Hampshire Health Protection Program as of May 26.
Even slight modifications to his long-held beliefs are causing trouble for Bush. “Kelly Ayotte, and (Executive Councilor) Chris Sununu and other state Republicans who continue to spout ideas that are not only out-of-touch with Granite Staters, they’re just wrong”, Sullivan said.
His comment immediately drew attention of activists and campaigners – including presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton – who called out Bush for “attacking women”.
When asked about his views on funding Planned Parenthood, he said that the next president must veto the organization.
The former Florida governor pledged to stop providing federal funding for the organization, but his answer included an aside on funding in general. He then veered off course, into a discussion of what could be done instead with the $500 million in federal funds the organization receives annually.
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The kerfuffle stems from Bush’s at-times freewheeling – and some would argue rusty – campaigning style. “Abortion should not be funded by the government”, he continued, apparently unaware that tax dollars don’t go to fund abortion. Every year, almost 5 million individuals rely on these providers for birth control, breast and cervical cancer screenings, pregnancy testing, and a range of other preventive services. So I think it also sets up a huge contrast for him and Hillary Clinton. Republicans have struggled in recent elections to connect with women voters, and Democrats are keen to resurrect the so-called “War on Women” narrative that has damaged the party’s standing among single women in particular.
