Trump to Cut Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood...
Mar 16, 2017 8:37:40 GMT -5
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Post by Daniel on Mar 16, 2017 8:37:40 GMT -5
Planned Parenthood Upset that Defunding It Would Result in Thousands More Births
By Michelle Terry
Careful, Planned Parenthood, your true purpose is showing.
Pro-life Members of Congress have put forward a new health care proposal – the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) – the ObamaCare repeal reconciliation bill currently under consideration. A significant provision in the proposed bill (right on page 2) prohibits federal Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood gets more than $527 million in federal funding, the vast majority of which comes through Medicaid reimbursements. Under the terms of this bill, Planned Parenthood would be prohibited from receiving those taxpayer dollars.
Notably, according to the CBO, in the first year in which Planned Parenthood would not receive Medicaid funding, “the number of births in the Medicaid program would increase by several thousand.”
Put another way: defunding Planned Parenthood could save “several thousand” babies.
Planned Parenthood, in response, actually stated that this result – more babies – would be a “disastrous consequence[].”
Planned Parenthood continues to show the world that its true aim is not to assist women in their healthcare decisions. Although the organization continually asserts that abortion makes up only 3% of its services, this lie has been fully debunked.
Planned Parenthood will do anything it can to retain its ability to conduct abortions and make taxpayers pay for it. President Trump even offered that Planned Parenthood could keep its federal funding if it would only cease conducting abortion services. If abortions make up only 3% of what Planned Parenthood does, why would any company refuse hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the sake of such a small percentage of its work? And if Planned Parenthood were truly concerned about the safety and welfare of its patients, why would it not stop doing abortions? And yet, Planned Parenthood refused the compromise.
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aclj.org/pro-life/planned-parenthood-upset-that-defunding-it-would-result-in-thousands-more-births
By Michelle Terry
Careful, Planned Parenthood, your true purpose is showing.
Pro-life Members of Congress have put forward a new health care proposal – the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) – the ObamaCare repeal reconciliation bill currently under consideration. A significant provision in the proposed bill (right on page 2) prohibits federal Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood gets more than $527 million in federal funding, the vast majority of which comes through Medicaid reimbursements. Under the terms of this bill, Planned Parenthood would be prohibited from receiving those taxpayer dollars.
Notably, according to the CBO, in the first year in which Planned Parenthood would not receive Medicaid funding, “the number of births in the Medicaid program would increase by several thousand.”
Put another way: defunding Planned Parenthood could save “several thousand” babies.
Planned Parenthood, in response, actually stated that this result – more babies – would be a “disastrous consequence[].”
Planned Parenthood continues to show the world that its true aim is not to assist women in their healthcare decisions. Although the organization continually asserts that abortion makes up only 3% of its services, this lie has been fully debunked.
Planned Parenthood will do anything it can to retain its ability to conduct abortions and make taxpayers pay for it. President Trump even offered that Planned Parenthood could keep its federal funding if it would only cease conducting abortion services. If abortions make up only 3% of what Planned Parenthood does, why would any company refuse hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the sake of such a small percentage of its work? And if Planned Parenthood were truly concerned about the safety and welfare of its patients, why would it not stop doing abortions? And yet, Planned Parenthood refused the compromise.
more
aclj.org/pro-life/planned-parenthood-upset-that-defunding-it-would-result-in-thousands-more-births
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