keeptheballrolling:

Hillary delivers the best response to yesterday’s attack on Planned Parenthood.

It is a HUGE deal that the House has just passed a measure to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood—“an abortion provider.”

I hear the concern of conservative and religious tax payers, if they don’t want their tax dollars going towards abortions they should have right to voice their opinion and vote on the issue.

BUT, “Planned Parenthood is already prevented by federal law from using federal dollars for abortion services. The amendment takes away the money they use to provide for family planning, birth control, medical and preventive services.” (abc.com)

Family planning, birth control, and medical and preventive services are all services that PREVENT the need for an abortion in the first place. 

I do believe this is an infringement on woman’s rights and I hope the Senate does NOT agree to pass this measure.

More from the article:

“House Votes to Strip Planned Parenthood of Federal Funding”

[The quotes are from Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif]

“I had planned to speak of something else, but the gentleman from New Jersey has just put my stomach in knots because I’m one of those women he spoke about just now,” said Speier. “I had a procedure at 17 weeks, pregnant with a child that had moved from the vagina into the cervix. And that procedure that you just talked about was a procedure that I endured. I lost a baby.”

Her remarks came as the clock ticked toward midnight.

“But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest, as you have, that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous. To think that we are here tonight debating this issue when the American people, if they are listening, are scratching their heads and wondering what does this have to do with me getting a job? What does this have to do with reducing the deficit? And the answer is nothing at all,” Speier said.

“There is a vendetta against Planned Parenthood, and it was played out in this room tonight,” Speier continued. “Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide services for family planning. Planned Parenthood has a right to offer abortions. Last time you checked abortions were legal in this country.”

Speier went on. “Now you may not like Planned Parenthood, so be it. There’s many on our side of the aisle that don’t like Halliburton. And Halliburton is responsible for extortion, for bribery, for 10 cases of misconduct in the federal database, for a $7 billion sole-source contract. But do you see us over here filing amendments to wipe out funding for Halliburton? No, because frankly that would be irresponsible. I would suggest to you it would serve us all very well if we moved on with this process and started focusing on creating jobs for the Americans who desperately want them.”