Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who is running for president, said during debate on the bill. The Senate blocked a Republican drive Monday to term…
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Jess McIntosh – a spokeswoman for Emily’s List, a political advocacy organization supporting pro-abortion rights women candidates – predicted that Republicans’ vote to strip funding would come back to haunt them.
“We will not tolerate this attack on women’s health care in the guise of stopping abortion“, Sen.
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Sen. Marco Rubio stuck around Washington today to cast a vote to defund Planned Parenthood, a measure that failed to get 60 votes to advance. Sixty votes were needed to advance the legislation.
Democratic senators voted along party lines except for Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joe Donnelly (D-IN).
Michael Bennet voted against the legislation, while Coloradoan Republican Sen. In addition to its abortion services, the group is also among the country’s largest source of family planning and health services to women, especially in traditionally underserved communities.
That’s when lawmakers will consider legislation keeping government agencies open after their budgets expire October. 1. Supporters of Planned Parenthood argued that the federal money does not pay for abortions – except in limited cases like those involving rape and incest – and that it reimburses Planned Parenthood only for services like birth control, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, cancer screening and preventive exams. Some Republicans have even suggested tying the issue to a government funding bill next month, which could potentially lead to a government shutdown, as Democrats would filibuster that plan and Obama would veto it.
Under the bill, Connecticut’s Planned Parenthood facilities would lose about $2 million in grants and millions more in Medicaid payments.
Although the measure did not pass, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards warned that the debate would continue into the fall.
“This is the beginning to the fight to restore America’s conscience”, said Texas Republican John Cornyn.
NBC and the Wall Street Journal conducted a poll asking 1,000 American adults if they viewed Planned Parenthood in a positive light, and 45 percent said they did, while 20 percent were neutral.
“It’s clear Senator Ayotte should not be trusted with women’s health”, the New Hampshire ad says.
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Warren was speaking after covertly recorded videos released by the Center for Medical Progress showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the costs associated with fetal tissue extraction. The videos have been especially controversial because of the casual descriptions by the Planned Parenthood officials of the abortion procedures they use to obtain tissue, and because they show close-ups of fetal organs in laboratories.
