President Obama Threatens To Veto Planned Parenthood Defunding Bill

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Source: Huffington Post

- President Barack Obama "strongly opposes" and would veto a pair of House bills that would strip federal funds from Planned Parenthood and impose new restrictions on abortion, the White House said in a statement on Thursday.

The administration said the GOP-backed bills "would have the same consequence of limiting women’s health care choices." The Planned Parenthood bill, in particular, would cut access to health care services for as many as 630,000 people, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday.

"Planned Parenthood uses both Federal and non-Federal funds to provide a range of important preventive care and health services, including health screenings, vaccinations, and check-ups to millions of men and women who visit their health centers annually," the White House said. "Longstanding Federal policy already prohibits the use of Federal funds for abortions, except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of the woman would be endangered. By eliminating Federal funding for a major provider of health care, H.R. 3134 would limit access to health care for men, women, and families across the Nation, and would disproportionately impact low-income individuals."

The anti-abortion bill, called the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, would impose criminal penalties on doctors who do not try to save a baby who "survives an abortion." The high-profile case of Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of murder in 2013 for killing infants born alive after illegal late-term abortion procedures, garnered massive outrage, but there is no documented evidence of legal, regulated abortion clinics slaughtering live newborns. The landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade only legalizes abortion before the fetus would be able to survive outside the womb, around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/planned-parenthood-bill-obama_55fadbd1e4b08820d9179edf?utm_hp_ref=politics

[Shrike47]

1. Bless this man.

[valerief]

2. Thank you, President Obama! nt

[bjobotts]

12. PP prevents 345,000 abortions per year. Why are House Rs pro-abortion

from Nicholas Kristoff’s article in NYT “…This in a country where half of all pregnancies are unintended, where 30 percent of American teenage girls become pregnant by age 19.

The Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health, calculates that Title X family planning centers (PP) prevent about one million unintended pregnancies a year, of which 345,000 would have ended in abortion. It says that every year Title X clinics (PP) avert some 53,000 cases of chlamydia and 8,800 cases of gonorrhea, and save the lives of 1,100 women who would otherwise die of cervical cancer.

In other words, Title X prevents an abortion about once every 90 seconds...."
This should be shoved in the faces of all those ignorant or misinformed senators who voted to defund Planned Parenthood as they have no idea how much good this organization does.
And House repubs want to defund PP. They can not name another program that prevents this many abortions per yr. but they want to defund it? When will they admit...they got punked.
Hey House repubs...The Better Business Bureaus are devil worshipers...I have videos of human baby sacrifices. I Challenge Fiorina and Crz to watch as baby's arms are chainsawed while they kick and scream...I've seen the videos.... They do think citizens are stupid enough to believe anything..well...Christians anyway

[cstanleytech]

15. What this is really about is the Republicans feel vulnerable and are trying to rally their base

before the elections because if their base doesnt show up to vote they will lose and they know it.

[merrily]

3. This is a good thing. "Bucket!"

[d_legendary1]

4. What is it with this Congress and a woman's crotch?

Work on getting people back to work! Get some legislation that raises the minimum wage! Fix our infastructure! Stop messing with women's rights!

And thank you Mr.President! You're on a roll buddy!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. Not just the crotchal area. It's also everything attached to it!

[justhanginon]

5. I am really going to miss this President no matter

who is elected next. He has brought a degree of knowledge, empathy and civility along with a sense of humor to the office and restored the respect that had been lost. Any young men looking for a role model need look no further.

[jwirr]

6. Good.

[Scuba]

7. He damned well better!

[retrowire]

9. threaten? he better promise! n/t

[SCantiGOP]

14. "Threaten" isn't the right word

He has promised to veto it. No question, so it is up to the Tea Party to decide if they shut down the government.

[qwlauren35]

16. I didn't like

"threaten" either. 'cause if he caves, I'll be FURIOUS.

[davidpdx]

10. We are going to see how many Democrats are real Democrats

If this comes up for a vote. Granted we know it can pass the House easily, but the Senate D's should be able to garner at least 41 votes to stop it.

[rockfordfile]

11. Good

Good veto it.

[NonMetro]

13. In This Campaign Against Planned Parenthood:

Republicans are either Incompetent, Ignorant, Complicit, Corrupt, or Criminal. Any one would render them unfit to govern.