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Home Front: Culture Wars
House passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
2015-09-19
[CSM] In a vote that settled almost neatly along party lines (241-187), the House passed legislation that will block federal funds to the heath care provider for a year. The bill, which has little chance of being enacted as Democrats hold enough votes in the Senate to block it, is aimed at appeasing GOP outrage over abortion before it spirals into a government shut down that could harm party appeal.

The GOP outrage is sparked by secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing how to take tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research. While Planned Parenthood say they have acted legally and the tapes were edited, the videos have launched abortion into a prominent issue for the coming presidential election.
After what has been revealed about 'Planned Parenthood' I cannot fathom anyone voting in favor of continued funding, but they are dems, so that in itself may explain it.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Tom, how anti-woman of her!

Oh, wait ...
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-09-19 19:00  

#9  Actually, you can regulate it to death--or something close. Our Governor in South Carolina just ordered 2 of our 3 abortion facilities to close because they violated numerous state laws.
Posted by: Tom   2015-09-19 17:33  

#8  After what has been revealed about 'Planned Parenthood' I cannot fathom anyone voting in favor of continued funding, but they are dems, so that in itself may explain it.

After what happened in the Soviet Union, China and Cambodia, etc. under the Coms, I can't believe anyone can still be a "socialist".

And yet...
Posted by: charger   2015-09-19 13:24  

#7  Educate the cause, don't legislate the effect.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-19 11:23  

#6  If it can't be stopped, REGULATE it like everything else. Demand that each aborted baby be photographed, registered, and named (identified) before payment is made. The Nazis kept very accurate records. It's the least we could do.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-09-19 07:45  

#5  Kabuki theater. McConnell gave Reid back the filibuster power that Reid nuked eliminated just to maintain such theater.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-09-19 07:41  

#4  The Senate should still pass it and make Zero veto it and then get every member on record for the override vote.

There's got to be some way to tie this to #BlacklLiesMatter, no?
Posted by: AlanC   2015-09-19 07:41  

#3  A lie from th Ass[ociated] Press.

The outrage is about PP selling baby parts for profit. And developing procedures to maximize their profits.
At least Ghouls wait until you are dead first. Usually...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-09-19 01:23  

#2  Just to be clear, the above post was responding to:

I cannot fathom anyone voting in favor of continued funding
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-09-19 01:13  

#1  Nihilism

Narcissism

Need I say more?
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-09-19 01:11  

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