Texas GOP Attacks Planned Parenthood by Banning Them from Medicaid Program

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The Republican Party clearly has a national agenda to wage total war against Planned Parenthood.

In Texas today, a Senate subcommittee voted to ban Planned Parenthood from being part of a program that provides health screening for low income women.

That’s not all. The bill also includes a “poison pill” provision that would completely scrap the Women’s Health Program if Planned Parenthood successfully sues to restore their participation.

Planned Parenthood says this bill would immediately deny access to health care for about 40,000 women.

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/38472_Texas_GOP_Attacks_Planned_Parenthood_by_Banning_Them_from_Medicaid_Program



And then there's this

Oklahoma GOP Attacks Planned Parenthood by Taking Food Away From Babies
Sick, sick, sick

Republicans in Oklahoma are now taking food out of the mouths of babies.

Unbelievably, something like that occurred last week in the Oklahoma House. Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, moved to amend a senior nutrition bill so that it prohibits independent contractors from distributing federal funds for a program that feeds mothers, babies and small children.

Why would Murphey do such a thing? Because Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, based in Tulsa, is among the nine independent contractors that administer the federal Women, Infants and Children feeding program.

Debate over the amendment made it clear Planned Parenthood was the target, observers say. Planned Parenthood has become a favorite target of the right wing lately over the abortion issue, even though Planned Parenthood in Tulsa doesn’t perform abortions.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/38468_Oklahoma_GOP_Attacks_Planned_Parenthood_by_Taking_Food_Away_From_Babies

:mad: :wtf: :argh: :grr: :nuke: :banghead:

[cliffordu]

1. First Acorn, now Planned Parenthood...

[abq e streeter]

2. Sick, twisted, vile bastards