CNN Promotes False Claim Taxpayer Funds Do Not Aid Planned Parenthood in Providing Abortion Services: http://ift.tt/2mwmoUO![Marvin Naegele, 62, of Walnut, Iowa, left, and Lon Schroeder, 61, of Council Bluffs hold protest signs during a protest on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood are scheduled across the country. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)]()
CNN is joining Planned Parenthood in its claim that taxpayer funding is not used to help it provide abortion services. Fact: Federal funds do not pay for abortion. At Planned Parenthood, we don’t agree with this harmful policy—but it’s the law & we follow it. — Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017 CNN reports on the story that House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill contains the provision to eliminate Planned Parenthood’s federal taxpayer funding: Even though current federal law bars the use of money specifically for abortions, conservatives have complained that the women’s health services organization does support research they oppose. Planned Parenthood has warned that cutting off their funding will have major impact on Medicaid recipients, millions of whom obtain health care services in their clinics. The report, however, leaves out the “fungibility argument,” which emphasizes that even though the federal Hyde Amendment prohibits direct taxpayer funding of abortion, the federal monies given to Planned Parenthood allow it to pay its other expenses so that it can provide those abortion services. To be clear, federal funds already DO NOT pay for abortions, an unfair law that has existed for over 40 years. #IStandWithPP — Planned Parenthood (@PPact) March 6, 2017 “What is getting lost finish reading at http://ift.tt/2n0hYmJ
CNN is joining Planned Parenthood in its claim that taxpayer funding is not used to help it provide abortion services. Fact: Federal funds do not pay for abortion. At Planned Parenthood, we don’t agree with this harmful policy—but it’s the law & we follow it. — Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) March 6, 2017 CNN reports on the story that House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill contains the provision to eliminate Planned Parenthood’s federal taxpayer funding: Even though current federal law bars the use of money specifically for abortions, conservatives have complained that the women’s health services organization does support research they oppose. Planned Parenthood has warned that cutting off their funding will have major impact on Medicaid recipients, millions of whom obtain health care services in their clinics. The report, however, leaves out the “fungibility argument,” which emphasizes that even though the federal Hyde Amendment prohibits direct taxpayer funding of abortion, the federal monies given to Planned Parenthood allow it to pay its other expenses so that it can provide those abortion services. To be clear, federal funds already DO NOT pay for abortions, an unfair law that has existed for over 40 years. #IStandWithPP — Planned Parenthood (@PPact) March 6, 2017 “What is getting lost finish reading at http://ift.tt/2n0hYmJ