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Yeah, all the problems are Planned Parenthood's fault, NOT him!
Bobby Jindal Blames Planned Parenthood For His State's Abysmal Poverty, STD & Teen Pregnancy Rates
Submitted by Miranda Blue on Wednesday, 9/9/2015 12:12 pm
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal yesterday blamed his states high teen pregnancy rate, its third-in-the-nation poverty rate and its sexually transmitted infection crisis on Planned Parenthood, claiming that the womens health provider, which operates two clinics in the state, had failed to make things better.
Jindal, in an interview with Iowa talk radio host Simon Conway, reacted to a Des Moines Register editorial that criticized him for cutting off Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood in his state in the wake of recent smear videos. The newspapers editorial board notes that few states have a greater need for Planned Parenthoods services, including affordable STI tests and treatments and contraception than Louisiana, which has some of the highest teen pregnancy and STI rates in the countries, and some of the nations worst poverty.
Planned Parenthood's two Louisiana clinics conduct tens of thousands of STI tests and other health services each year; neither provides abortions.
But Jindal insisted that his states abysmal public health and poverty record is just proof that Planned Parenthood is awful at what they do.
If theyre doing such a great job, why arent these things better? he asked. We should cancel their contract for no other reason, just that theyre awful at what they do.
Under Jindals leadership, Louisianas spending on STD prevention has plummeted. Last year, Jindal signed a bill barring Planned Parenthood from providing sex education in public schools.
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)so logic flies out the window when chasing votes.
yellowcanine
(35,695 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)All external indications are that he's a smart man; but these quotes make him sound like someone babbling away in a padded cell and playing with his own feces.
livetohike
(22,126 posts)It is kind of funny watching those at the bottom of the pile scrambling for relevance.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)He's been running for President since he's been in the third grade.