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FreeJoe

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9. If they had just...

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:13 PM

Feb 2012

...stopped giving to Planned Parenthood, I think they would have survived. They would have lost the support of strongly pro-choice people but would have maintained support from pro-lifers and people that don't hold strong opinions on the subject. The fact that they tried to walk it back pretty much guaranteed that they pissed off people on both sides. Not a good plan.

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