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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuge protest supports defunding Planned Parenthood.
http://www.startribune.com/sack-cartoon-the-defund-planned-parenthood-crowd/322339381/
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Huge protest supports defunding Planned Parenthood. (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Aug 2015
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DirkGently
(12,151 posts)1. +++ That's about the size of it. n/t
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Most Americans Don’t Want To Defund Planned Parenthood
Most Americans Dont Want To Defund Planned Parenthood
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/08/19/3692981/poll-defund-planned-parenthood/
The vast majority of Americans favor providing federal funding for clinics that provide womens health services, and most of them support these taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood clinics specifically, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released this week.
Seventy-three percent of poll respondents said theyre in favor of an unnamed group receiving federal funding to offer womens health exams. When asked whether taxpayer dollars should go toward this unnamed groups efforts to provide prenatal services or contraceptive services, 69 percent and 59 percent respectively said yes. ......
randys1
(16,286 posts)3. ALL reproductive services should be readily available and free, ALL.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)14. Great comment, and great toon..really says it all..nt
dougolat
(716 posts)4. We're already seeing poorer health and infant mortality
Thanks to the efforts to close, block, hamper, and de-fund womens' clinics.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)5. thankfully it's a joke
I was worried that the conservatards had actually gotten their shit together and really protested.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)6. Just what I thought the GOP was. Germs and infectious disease vectors. n/t
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)7. Oh, how I hesitated to open this one ...
finally did it because I thought "maybe it's sarcasm".
Thanks for restoring my faith in snark !
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)11. Gots to look at who is posting for ones like this.
Last edited Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)8. Where's Josh Dugger?
Gamecock Lefty
(700 posts)9. This is Great!
As a male, I never understood why a bunch of men (read: Republicans) pass laws regarding women's bodies???
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)10. Kicked and recommended!
Perfect toonage!
hunter
(38,328 posts)12. The occasional protestors in front of our Planned Parenthood are creepy too...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)13. K&R