2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum97% of Planned Parenthood's work is mammograms, preventive care, O'Malley says.
The vast majority of Planned Parenthoods work goes toward mammograms and preventive care, said former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley.
Since an anti-abortion group released videos Planned Parenthood officials talking about aborted fetal parts, Republicans have pushed to take away federal funding from the womens health organization. Democratic presidential candidates, on the other hand, are showing their support, if subdued.
OMalley said he hadnt seen the videos, speaking to reporters in New Hampshire July 26.
"And I don't generally make a habit of responding to right-wing videos," O'Malley said, according to Washington Posts Dave Weigel. "I do know that 97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health. So that's what I know, but I'll defer to others for commenting on that video and whatever videos they're pumping out there."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/03/martin-omalley/97-planned-parenthoods-work-mammograms-preventive-/
"And I don't generally make a habit of responding to right-wing videos," O'Malley said.
FSogol
(45,503 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)was 100% correct.
That the highly edited, highly distorted "videos" were manufactured in the dungeons of a well-known, to some, violent hate group funded by GOP political anti-abortion operatives is all anyone needed to know.
Only O'Malley did. Not Sanders, not Clinton, not anyone else I am aware of, I could be mistaken.
And the GOP truthfuckers are voting on defunding PP today.....I fully understand the rush for what would be an illegal Bill of Attainder anyway.
Anyone leaning O'Malley a tad bit more after this?
You have to throw this on a branch of the decision tree, is all I am saying.
elleng
(131,018 posts)Vinca
(50,299 posts)Planned Parenthood isn't selling anything, it's being paid for the cost of preserving the specimens and shipping them. The other option is to toss the tissue in with the medical waste and send it for disposal. Since the GOP doesn't believe in science, that's probably their preference.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)and maybe they (GOtP) wouldn't put so much attention on babies, and back on the health of their loved ones...mother wife, the daughters, perhaps.