Crusade Against Planned Parenthood Is Getting Nonsensical (and local)

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Think Progress

The Crusade Against Planned Parenthood Is Getting Nonsensical

Thanks to a series of selectively edited videos that accuse Planned Parenthood of trafficking fetal tissue, the national women’s health organization remains embroiled in controversy. And although incoming House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) acknowledged this week that it may not be possible to defund the group on the national level, Planned Parenthood critics are hardly giving up.

Against the backdrop of ongoing congressional inquiries into Planned Parenthood’s activities, abortion opponents have seized the momentum to make inroads on a more local level. Here are some of the ways they’re trying to go after the organization:

Dropping Planned Parenthood from government-run charity campaigns.

In Arizona, people who work for the government will no longer be able to donate to Planned Parenthood through the State Employee Charitable Campaign, ...

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Cutting funding to Planned Parenthood clinics that don’t perform abortions.

Although the current controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood is purportedly about how the organization handles fetal tissue resulting from abortion procedures, the efforts to crack down on the group extend far beyond abortion itself. In Kentucky, for example, a group of conservative lawmakers pre-filed a bill this week seeking to cut off funding for the organization, saying that they were “upset” by the videos. But none of the Planned Parenthood clinics in the state perform abortions, which means employees there aren’t dealing with any fetal tissue in the first place.

Making sure Planned Parenthood speakers don’t come to college campuses.

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Barring Planned Parenthood from teaching abstinence education.*
Planned Parenthood, which has an education arm in addition to the side of the organization that provides direct health care services, is one of the largest sex ed providers in the country. ...

More ridiculous plots here:
http://thkpr.gs/3719088



* It occurs to me that PP wouldn't teach abstinence-only because they know how unsuccessful and potentially dangerous the misleading, often misinformed, programs are.

[Fred Sanders]

1. The Big Lie of PP is, I think, too big of a lie to swallow, even for the American public.

Big Lie after Big Lie, one of the Big Lie's will seal the fate of the dying GOP, and I think PP may be it.

[liberal N proud]

2. Doesn't every right wing witch hunt?