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The White House recently made a proposal to Planned Parenthood: The self-professed women’s health care providers can continue to receive federal funds … under one condition:
White House has made an informal pitch to Planned Parenthood – get rid of abortions, keep your funding https://t.co/YQjef2HJ5e
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 6, 2017
More from the New York Times:
The White House, concerned about the possible political repercussions of the Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood, has proposed preserving federal payments to the group if it discontinues providing abortions.
The proposal, which was never made formally, has been rejected as an impossibility by officials at Planned Parenthood, which receives about $500 million annually in federal funding. That money helps pay for women’s health services the organization provides, not for abortion services.
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“As I said throughout the campaign, I am pro-life and I am deeply committed to investing in women’s health and plan to significantly increase federal funding in support of nonabortion services such as cancer screenings,” [Trump] said. “Polling shows the majority of Americans oppose public funding for abortion, even those who identify as pro-choice. There is an opportunity for organizations to continue the important work they do in support of women’s health, while not providing abortion services.”
For years, Planned Parenthood has claimed that abortions only account for 3 percent of their services. That means 97 percent of their services would continue to receive federal funding. So Planned Parenthood should be feeling pretty good, right?
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Pffft:
Planned Parenthood is proud to provide abortion—a necessary service that’s as vital to our mission as birth control or cancer screenings. https://t.co/TWGOcVjBJ4
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017
We won't back down in the face of threats or intimidation, or turn our backs on the patients who count on us. Not today, tomorrow, not ever.
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017
We believe protecting the ability of women to determine our own futures is not only a Planned Parenthood value – it's an American value.
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017
Trump’s proposal that Planned Parenthood stop abortion care is what opponents have pushed for decades. https://t.co/dga9YOqkgU #IStandWithPP pic.twitter.com/90rftXOLqJ
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) March 6, 2017
To be clear, federal funds already DO NOT pay for abortions, an unfair law that has existed for over 40 years. #IStandWithPP
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) March 6, 2017
Fact: Federal funds do not pay for abortion. At Planned Parenthood, we don't agree with this harmful policy—but it's the law & we follow it.
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017
If federal funds don’t pay for abortion, then why are Richards and Planned Parenthood so upset about the stipulation that federal funding not be used for abortions? It’s almost as if abortion is the only “women’s health care” that Planned Parenthood actually cares about.
If they don't use federal funding, and abortion is only 3% of their business, cutting such a small service should be no big deal. https://t.co/pzIJIkIcPO
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) March 6, 2017
I don't see why Planned Parenthood wouldn't sacrifice that tiny 3% of their business to keep their funding. ?
— Fuzzy Chimp (@fuzzychimpcom) March 6, 2017
It's almost like it's really way more than 3% of their businesshttps://t.co/cdLhF95O3k
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) March 6, 2017
But that can’t be right, can it?
The White House told Planned Parenthood its federal funding could stay if abortions go. The group refused. https://t.co/zxdTGo8G7H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 6, 2017
OK, Planned Parenthood. Have it your way.
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