Kushner and Ivanka offered Planned Parenthood a 'bribe' to stop abortions

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/04/planned-parenthood-president-cecile-richards-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-offered-a-bribe-to-stop-abortions.html

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards wrote in her new memoir that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump offered her a deal that she said felt like a “bribe” to stop providing abortions, according to People magazine.

Richards, who is stepping down from her post this year, wrote in “Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead” that she met with President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law in January 2017. She said the White House power couple, who are now senior administration aides, offered an increase in Planned Parenthood’s federal funding if the organization stopped providing abortions.

“The main issue, he [Kushner] explained, was abortion,” the magazine quoted from Richards’ memoir. “If Planned Parenthood wanted to keep our federal funding, we would have to stop providing abortions. He described his ideal outcome: a national headline reading ‘Planned Parenthood Discontinues Abortion Services.’”

The magazine said Richards wrote that Kushner told her to “move fast.” Richards said she declined Kushner’s proposal, saying: “It felt almost like a bribe.”

[Mad_Machine76]

1. Isn't Ivanka supposedly pro-choice?

Or so we were told? Did I miss the plot?

[Crunchy Frog]

4. I think she's whatever she thinks she needs to be for a given situation.

It's an outgrowth of having no actual principles.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. I think you're right

"The Devil(s) Went Down to Planned Parenthood....

[StarfishSaver]

8. Bingo

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2. Threatening to cut off funding if they don't stop abortions isn't a bribe. That's extortion.

A bribe would be, we'll double your federal funding if you stop performing abortions.

[Midnight Writer]

3. They don't care about abortions. They care about headlines that will stroke their supporters.

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5. From the article: People Magazine

“If it wasn’t crystal clear before, it was now. Jared and Ivanka were there for one reason: to deliver a political win,” she writes. “In their eyes, if they could stop Planned Parenthood from providing abortions, it would confirm their reputation as savvy dealmakers. It was surreal, essentially being asked to barter away women’s rights for more money. It takes a lot to get Kirk mad, but it looked like his head was about to explode.”

Richards explained that there was “no way” Kushner’s proposal would work and that they’d continue to fight for funding.

“‘Our mission is to care for women who need us, and that means caring for all of their reproductive needs — including safe and legal abortion,'” she recalls saying. The meeting eventually ended. As they were leaving, she writes that Kushner “reminded us that things were moving ‘really fast.’ ” A deal had to be made quickly.

https://people.com/politics/planned-parenthood-ceo-says-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-offered-bribe-to-stop-abortions/

Goddess, I hate those two.

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7. I remember this

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