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riversedge

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Tue Dec 8, 2015, 10:55 AM Dec 2015

Dec 7-->Poll: Most oppose defunding Planned Parenthood

Yes, Congress Republicans continue with their #WarOnWomen!


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/12/07/poll-most-oppose-defunding-planned-parenthood/76913724/
Poll: Most oppose defunding Planned Parenthood

Susan Page, USA TODAY 10:05 p.m. EST December 7, 2015

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WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly oppose cutting off federal funds for Planned Parenthood, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, a debate that is likely to come to a head this week between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Democratic White House.

By 58%-33%, those surveyed Wednesday through Sunday said the group's funding shouldn't be eliminated. The national poll of 1,000 likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Both the House and Senate have approved amendments to the budget reconciliation bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. The House is expected to consider the Senate version of the measure this week and send it to the White House, where President Obama has promised to veto it. Another amendment would repeal the Affordable Care Act.........................

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