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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul introduces amendment to defund Planned Parenthood
BY SEAN COCKERHAM
scockerham@mcclatchydc.com
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, in need of a boost for his presidential campaign, is launching an attempt to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood by amending a multi-year highway bill.
Paul said he introduced an amendment Wednesday seeking to eliminate nearly $500 million in funding for Planned Parenthood. He cited undercover video that appears to show officials from the organization, at times in graphic terms, discussing the methods and price of providing fetal tissue from abortions.
Planned Parenthood, which provides health services including abortions, says it follows all laws and ethical guidelines, and that the costs are for transportation and delivery of fetal tissue donations from women to medical research. The organization says it does not make any profit from it.
One of Pauls rivals for the Republican nomination for president, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, also is talking about pushing an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. Its questionable whether such an amendment could pass without sinking the entire highway bill, or even if it will come up for a vote.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article28340290.html#storylink=cpy
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Rand Paul introduces amendment to defund Planned Parenthood (Original Post)
n2doc
Jul 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. GOP are enemies of the human race. I dont consider them political opponents, I consider them
murderers trying to murder me and especially the Women in my life.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. +8,712
blm
(113,746 posts)4. and they want to bomb Iran….they are psychopaths
.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)3. Nothing says "libertarian" like
forcing women to remain pregnant by order of the state.
Baby Ron Paul has jumped on the latest wingnut bandwagon and is trying to use the bullshit O'Keefe hoaxes pushed by Drudge and Breitbart to force his agenda onto women.
spanone
(137,285 posts)5. not a shred of compassion in that party...not a shred.
the lies they perpetrate to feed raw meat to their base are disgusting.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)6. I don't have the numbers at hand...
But I daresay Planned Parenthood are responsible for preventing more abortions than any "pro-life" (sic) organisation you'd care to name.