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These is the kind idiocy that gives Democrats votes... you would think Trump being an 'outsider' wouldn't fall for it, but we'll see...
The Trump administration may take action to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood as a result of pressure from congressional Republicans and anti-abortion lobbyists.
Opponents of abortion have launched an all-out campaign urging the administration to bring back Reagan-era abortion restrictions on federal family planning dollars that would target Planned Parenthood.
The regulations would ban organizations that receive family planning dollars under the le X Family Planning Program, which funds organizations providing services like birth control to low-income women and men, from promoting abortion or referring patients for abortions.
Former President Reagan first issued the regulations, which Democrats describe as a “domestic gag rule,” in 1988. They also require a physical and financial separation of le X funding recipients from abortion providers.
Republicans see the action as a way to motivate the GOP base ahead of the midterm elections, where the party’s majorities in the House and Senate are in play.
“The life issue is a huge motivator for the right. Getting a win on the pro-life side, even if it’s regulatory rather than legislative, would be huge, and encourage people to come out and vote for the members who pushed for action on this,” said Kelly Mar , a legislative assistant for the conservative Family Research Council, which has been pushing for the changes.
Due to a lengthy legal battle, the regulations were never fully implemented but were upheld by the Supreme Court after Reagan left office.
But with a Republican president who has promised to defund Planned Parenthood, now is the perfect time to restore the regulations, abortion opponents say.
Their hope is that the restrictions will dissuade Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in le X. Some clinics could also become ineligible if their family planning services are offered in the same location as abortion services.
“It’s a way to wiggle away at Planned Parenthood federal funding, and a way to reinforce the idea that abortion is not family planning,” Mar said.
While federal law prohibits the use of federal funding for abortions in most cases, abortion opponents and Republicans have long argued money that goes to Planned Parenthood still indirectly supports the procedure.
Anti-abortion advocates have been frustrated over the GOP Congress’s failure to defund Planned Parenthood. The GOP’s slim majority in the Senate has been the obstacle.
Frustration swelled when Congress passed a spending bill earlier this year that excluded a measure defunding Planned Parenthood, a result negotiated between Democrats and Republicans to avoid a government shutdown.
This month, 85 groups opposed to abortion, including the Family Research Council, signed on to a letter urging Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to restore the Reagan-era regulations. Forty-three Senate Republicans and 153 House Republicans also sent letters to Azar pushing for the changes.
Lobbyists have said the administration seems receptive to their calls.
“They seem very open to it,” said Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs at March for Life. “It was part of the discussions during the transition, and I think it really is just a matter of timing.”
Trump has already taken a number of actions pushed by anti-abortion advocates.
Trump has reinstated the so-called Mexico City policy, which bans the use of taxpayer dollars for foreign nongovernmental organizations that provide or promote abortions; rescinded Obama-era guidance that sought to protect Planned Parenthood from state-led defunding efforts; and broadened exemptions for employers that have moral or religious objections to providing contraception to their employees.
Anti-abortion advocates also occupy top ranks at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
“We’re very optimistic. The administration has said they’re on our side with this, and we’re excited. Hopefully Secretary Azar, who is very pro-life, will act on this soon,” Mar said.
HHS did not respond to a request for comment.
Scoring a win before the midterms is crucial, abortion opponents say, so Republicans can build on their majority in the Senate and fully defund Planned Parenthood next year.
“We’re pleased with the promises President Trump has upheld, but we also need Congress to stay on top of this,” said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, a grass-roots organization that mobilizes young people opposed to abortion.
The push from abortion opponents has enraged congressional Democrats, who say the changes would restrict access to reproductive health care.
“We strongly oppose efforts to undermine the integrity of the le X program and harm the millions of people who rely on it for care,” 45 Senate Democrats wrote Tuesday in a letter to Azar.
“Federal health policy should be evidence-based and produced with the best interests of patients in mind.”
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...g-through-regs
These is the kind idiocy that gives Democrats votes... you would think Trump being an 'outsider' wouldn't fall for it, but we'll see...
Trump gives in to pressure.
I believe it.
Did the same with DPRK too.
Soft.
Three Women in Congress Introduce Bills to Defund Planned Parenthood
https://truepundit.com/three-women-i...ed-parenthood/
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planned parenthood where the only thing planned is murder and not parenthood. lmao sickening
Shoulda sent it when they controlled the House...
Could've build walls around them.
Planned Parenthood Suffers Major Loss in Appellate Court
The homicidal maniacs at Planned Parenthood took a huge loss in a case involving the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s decision to terminate the death centers from the list of the state’s eligible Medicaid providers.
In 2015, undercover video was released showing that Planned Parenthood “doctors” in the state were profiting off of the sale of fetal tissue, which is highly illegal. For this reason, the state decided to nix Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid plans, and a lawsuit ensued.
The pro-choice crowd, backed by their friends in the mainstream press, claimed that the videos were “altered” or “doctored” in order to shift responsibility away from the merchants of death and onto those who filmed the illegal activity.
Thursday, Planned Parenthood lost on both claims – that the organization should not be removed from Texas’ Medicaid program, and that the videos were doctored – in a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The ruling affirms the fact that it is within the rights of the state of Texas to drop Planned Parenthood from Medicaid. It also concluded that Planned Parenthood lied when it said that the videos were deceptively edited.
“[A] report from a forensic firm conclud[ed] that the video was authentic and not deceptively edited,” the ruling said.
Not only is the ruling a win for state’s rights, but also conclusively proves that Planned Parenthood officials broke the law in selling fetal tissue from abortions, which the organization has often denied.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/planne...pellate-court/
"but also conclusively proves that Planned Parenthood officials broke the law in selling fetal tissue from abortions"
no
Chris applauding vandalismPlanned Parenthood Suffers Major Loss in Appellate Court
CA has sued Trash for his gag rule.
planned parenthood where only murder is planned.
The plan is for no parents in the hood.
two incel virgins talking about pregnancy.
We're talking about abortion, the opposite of pregnancy.
Try to keep up please, and stop using buzzwords that you don't understand.
Thanks in advance.
"science" good now
Can’t have an abortion without a pregnancy, dip
Can’t have a pregnancy without sex
Can’r have sex when you’re a less incel
Teen Abortions Surged In Texas After Republicans Defunded Planned Parenthood
The policy had the opposite of its intended effect.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b09b587d63018a
Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds
Supporters of the global gag rule say defunding abortion providers will reduce abortions.
However, researchers from Stanford University in 2011 found that this U.S. policy actually made women in sub-Saharan Africa twice as likely to have an abortion.
those findings in Africa and shows that the global gag rule had
an even greater effect in Latin America.
How a US law hurts women abroad
Funding cuts under the global gag rule cause health care staff reductions, clinic closures and contraceptive shortages.
Without family planning counseling and birth control,
there are more unintended pregnancies – and, consequently, more abortions.
Numerous studies confirm that making abortions harder to get doesn’t stop them from happening.
It just makes them less safe, because the procedure is not necessarily performed in sterile facilities by qualified doctors.
https://theconversation.com/abortion...y-finds-112491
Ramping up abortion worldwide and misogyny as Repug/Christian Taliban national policy
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