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Huge protest supports defunding Planned Parenthood. (Original Post) L. Coyote Aug 2015 OP
+++ That's about the size of it. n/t DirkGently Aug 2015 #1
Most Americans Don’t Want To Defund Planned Parenthood L. Coyote Aug 2015 #2
ALL reproductive services should be readily available and free, ALL. randys1 Aug 2015 #3
Great comment, and great toon..really says it all..nt Stuart G Aug 2015 #14
We're already seeing poorer health and infant mortality dougolat Aug 2015 #4
thankfully it's a joke Fast Walker 52 Aug 2015 #5
Just what I thought the GOP was. Germs and infectious disease vectors. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #6
Oh, how I hesitated to open this one ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #7
Gots to look at who is posting for ones like this. L. Coyote Aug 2015 #11
Where's Josh Dugger? Fuddnik Aug 2015 #8
This is Great! Gamecock Lefty Aug 2015 #9
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #10
The occasional protestors in front of our Planned Parenthood are creepy too... hunter Aug 2015 #12
K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #13

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
2. Most Americans Don’t Want To Defund Planned Parenthood
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 02:15 PM
Aug 2015

Most Americans Don’t 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 women’s 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 they’re in favor of an unnamed group receiving federal funding to offer women’s health exams. When asked whether taxpayer dollars should go toward this unnamed group’s efforts to provide prenatal services or contraceptive services, 69 percent and 59 percent respectively said yes. ......

dougolat

(716 posts)
4. We're already seeing poorer health and infant mortality
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 04:04 PM
Aug 2015

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
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 04:05 PM
Aug 2015

I was worried that the conservatards had actually gotten their shit together and really protested.

eppur_se_muova

(36,299 posts)
7. Oh, how I hesitated to open this one ...
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 04:17 PM
Aug 2015

finally did it because I thought "maybe it's sarcasm".

Thanks for restoring my faith in snark !

Gamecock Lefty

(700 posts)
9. This is Great!
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 04:58 PM
Aug 2015

As a male, I never understood why a bunch of men (read: Republicans) pass laws regarding women's bodies???

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