And let’s not forget that the companion piece to defunding PPFA, repealing Obamacare, would also cause millions of low-income women to lose access to affordable birth control. However, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), head of the House Freedom Caucus, told reporters January 5 conservatives are demanding a cut of federal funds to the group for at least one year as part of repeal. It also receives reimbursements for contraception services from a different government account. It serves the ideological beliefs of members of Congress, but at the expense of working-class and poor women seeking basic healthcare services. A recent episode demonstrated that passion and tenacity when the discussion turned to proposed plans to defund Planned Parenthood. SBA List is putting pressure on six Democratic senators up for reelection in 2018-Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Jon Tester of Montana, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Bill Nelson of Florida-whose states Trump won and whose districts, according to a poll this week by SBA List, largely oppose taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Planned Parenthood says a 33 percent post-election surge in New York City women seeking long-term contraceptives is driven by fears President-elect Donald Trump will limit access to affordable birth control. Ryan spoke at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, but didn’t provide any further details. As you may have guessed, the video is satire and brimming with sarcasm, which goes a long way in pointing out the absurdities and misconceptions conservatives push about Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is loathed by anti-abortion activists who are the backbone of the GOP coalition. The federal funding Planned Parenthood does receive most often goes to performing other medical services, including cancer screenings, for mostly low-income women. Susan Collins (R-Maine), voted against the budget reconciliation bill in 2015. “Instead, Republican lawmakers are expected to use the budget process, which is limited to provisions that affect federal revenues and spending and requires only a simple majority to pass”. She has been a moderating force for her father on many women’s issues. Last year, for instance, the House and Senate tried again to do so, but President Obama vetoed the bill.
“It’s a real risk for this new administration to try to take women back to the 1950s ― particularly young women who have grown up under this administration”, Richards said.
Maggie DeWitte, executive director of Iowans for Life, which opposes abortion, said a coalition of pro-life groups will be countering Planned Parenthood’s lobbying effort during the 2017 Legislature’s session with their own campaign to defund abortion providers in Iowa.
The organization notes they’re not all about abortions.
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The Planned Parenthood lawsuit filed December 30 to block the Texas HHS Commission’s final notice that Medicaid funding would end blamed the state’s decision on “deceptively edited and misleading YouTube videos made by a radical anti-abortion group with ties to violent extremists”.
