Mark Rouleau (17
Dec 2011)
"I say call their
bluff - Planned Parenthood -- the administration's
priority"
Call their Bluff. See if the Feds
are going to deny Medicaid dollars to Texas because they wont'
fund Planned Parenthood who is a big Democratic Campaign
Contributor. Just because the SCOTUS says that the right
to abort your child is protected by the Constitution doesn't
mean that we the general public have to pay for those abortions.
Planned Parenthood -- the administration's priority
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 12/14/2011 4:25:00 AM
TexasThe Obama administration is fighting against Texas' effort
to defund Planned Parenthood.
The Texas Legislature voted earlier this year to direct family
planning funds to organizations that do not perform abortions.
Now, Dr. Joe Pojman of the Texas Alliance for Life tells
OneNewsNow the federal government has responded.
"The Obama administration is trying to prevent Texas from
denying millions … of our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, and
they're doing that by threatening to cut off a federal program
that provides health services to low-income women if Texas does
not include Planned Parenthood as one of the providers," he
explains.
Joe PojmanBut the Lone Star pro-lifer says this is a states'
rights issue.
"Texas should have the right to exclude abortion providers and
affiliates of abortion providers who are not there to help
women," he contends. "They're there to market their abortion
services to low-income women."
Dr. Pojman points out that hundreds of other facilities in Texas
provide comprehensive preventative care and are capable of doing
the job without selling abortions. So he concludes that by
threatening to cut off the Medicaid funds, the administration
"is showing it would sooner deny tens of millions of dollars of
medical services to low-income women rather than allow the state
to cut off tax funding to Planned Parenthood."