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What does the law say on funding abortions?
Title X does not allow federal funds to be used for abortions. Medicaid, however, does allow government money to be spent on them — in very restricted cases.
The 1977 Hyde Amendment dictated that federal Medicaid funds could only be used to fund abortions in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother. However, some states have expanded cases in which they will provide funds. Currently, 17 states allow funds to be used for "medically necessary" abortions. In those cases that these states count as medically necessary but that are not permitted by the federal guidelines, states cover the cost alone.
Fact Check: How Does Planned Parenthood Spend That Government Money?
7. Now.....let me support that statement that nobody needs government supported Planned Parenthood.
"Miss Tennessee, 21-year-old Hannah Robison, helped perpetuate the myth that ending federal funding for Planned Parenthood could hurt women’s access to health care.
[She said:]
I don’t think Planned Parenthood funding should be cut off. The $500 million that gets given to Planned Parenthood every single year goes to female care. It goes for scanning for cancer, it goes for mammograms.
And if we don’t give that funding to Planned Parenthood, those women will be out of health care for reproductive causes.
a. First, as the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters noted, Planned Parenthood doesn’t offer mammograms. “Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Liz Clark confirmed … [that] the organization does not provide mammograms at any of its health centers,”reported PolitiFact Georgia in August.
b. Nor is this a recent development. It’s not just beauty pageant contestants who are confused ...: President Barack Obama said in one of the 2012 presidential debates that “millions of women all across the country … rely on Planned Parenthood … for mammograms.”
[Hard to tell when Obama is lying, or simply wrong.]
When FactCheck.org looked into Obama’s claim, it reported that “Planned Parenthood health centers do not offer mammography.”
8. Robison’s claim that “women will be out of health care for reproductive causes” if Planned Parenthood no longer receives taxpayer dollars is also untrue. In fact, as Alliance Defending Freedom has documented, there are 13,540 health care clinics that could help women. (In contrast, Planned Parenthood has 665 clinics.)
If Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding is ended, that money will be redirected to health care clinics that serve women.
Furthermore, 72 percent of voters agree that “taxpayer dollars would be better spent directed to the more than 13,000 health centers and hospitals providing comprehensive women’s health care.”
We can make sure women have access to health care without using taxpayer dollars to fund an organization responsible for around one out of every three abortions in the United States. "
What Miss Tenn. Got Wrong About Planned Parenthood, Women’s Health
There is no good reason to make PP ineligible for government funded women's health services.
Your problem with abortion is your problem, not ours.
Actually, I gave a number of good reasons.
1. Here's another one: Planned Parenthood is no more than a kick-back scheme operated by Democrats
Independent Expenditures: $6,058,338
For Democrats: $1,854,476
Against Democrats: $0
For Republicans: $13,390
Against Republicans: $2,873,201
Planned Parenthood: Summary | OpenSecrets
2. "With all of that money flowing in, it is not surprising that Planned Parenthood spreads a considerable amount of that money to sympathetic politicians. They pay to elect pro-abort candidates to make sure there are as few restrictions on abortion in America as possible.
But now, it has been revealed who one of the main recipients of Planned Parenthood’s “blood money” is. The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Hillary Clinton is the presidential candidate of choice for Planned Parenthood employees, according to campaign financial records released Wednesday.
Planned Parenthood has supported the Democratic party in the past. It poured $18 million into outside spending groups in 2014 and 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Most of its nearly $6 million in direct contributions since 1990 have gone to Democrats. Every Democratic candidate except for Webb has benefitted from this cash influx at the federal level. Sanders and Chafee have received nearly $25,000 combined over the course of their careers."
Guess Who’s Getting Big Bucks from Planned Parenthood?
3. "In the past fifteen years, Planned Parenthood has donated at least $25 million to Democratic lawmakers."
Planned Parenthood and Its Employees Have Donated $25 Million to Democrats Since 2000
Don't antiabortionists donate money to politicians who are anti-abortion?
It's money laundering.....take $528 from the public fisc, and kick back 10% to Democrats who agree with Leon Trotsky.
"We must rid ourselves once and for all of the Quaker-Papist babble about the sanctity of human life."