Pro-life supporters have vowed to fight for the lives of babies, and are not willing to wait for the Supreme Court’s help any longer.
Conservative activists — apparently tired of waiting for the highest court to rule in their favor or for congressional Republicans’ to defund Planned Parenthood — are now launching an aggressive new strategy to defeat abortion state by state.
Over the past year, more than a dozen states have sought to halt or reduce public funding for Planned Parenthood. The latest to join the offensive is Florida; GOP Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that bars Planned Parenthood from accessing state funds.
“It’s been a non-stop assault — with devastating consequences,” said Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthood’s executive vice president. “At what point do you hit a tipping point where it has same impact as if a federal bill had passed?”
Planned Parenthood is a national target because of its role as the largest U.S. abortion provider. Federal law and the laws of most states already prevent public money from paying for abortions except in rare circumstances, but the recent defunding bills prohibit state money for any services by an organization that also provides abortions.
During debate in Florida, state Sen. Aaron Bean offered this rationale: “We pay their light bill, we pay their salaries, we pay all kinds of things when the state contracts with these clinics… Let’s get Florida out of the abortion business.”
Many of the measures surfaced after anti-abortion activists began releasing secretly recorded videos last July alleging that Planned Parenthood sold fetal tissue to researchers for a profit in violation of federal law.
Republican governors and lawmakers have cited the videos as justification for defunding.
States where defunding has been blocked by litigation include Alabama, Louisiana and Utah. In some other states, the impact of defunding may be slight — Mississippi, for example, is pursuing that step even though Planned Parenthood received less than $1,000 in state money in each of the past five years.
However, Planned Parenthood says the cuts have had tangible impact in several states, such as Texas,
Texas was one of the first states to target Planned Parenthood’s funding, saying it would not send Medicaid funds to organizations that provided abortions. The Republican-led state government culminated a multiyear effort by ousting Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program in 2013 and opting to fund the program entirely with state money so it would not run afoul of federal law.
John Seago, legislative director of Texas Right To Life, acknowledged there was a dip in the number of women served after Planned Parenthood was defunded. However, he said Texas has made progress in rebuilding a network of facilities that provide women’s health care, with more providers now than in 2010.
In Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood has been the target of defunding efforts since Republican Gov. Scott Walker took office in 2011. Walker signed a bill that year eliminating all state funding for Planned Parenthood health centers, contributing to the closure of five rural clinics.
In February, Walker signed two bills that together are expected to cost Planned Parenthood $8 million per year in federal funds — including $3.5 million for family planning. The bills require state health officials to seek federal funding in the future on behalf of “less controversial providers.
Amid his presidential campaign, Ohio’s GOP Gov. John Kasich signed a bill in February designed to strip about $1.3 million in government money from the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Stephanie Ranade Krider, who advocated for the funding cuts as executive director of Ohio Right to Life, said the political message was more important that the amount of the cutback.
“When we look at the whole picture, it’s like a drop in the bucket,” she said. “The public relations impact is much more significant — it makes a statement that Ohio will no longer be doing business with the abortion industry.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Good!
When will this take place in SACRAMENT, CA? I’m ready to join.
What are men doing in that picture? They do not become pregnant like Arnold in the movie. Those men in the picture are hypocrites and therefore they should be arrested. And I hope they are not priests or belonging to Swaggart or Peterson churches.
Let’s not arrest hypocrites. There are too many of them. Just shame them.
YES
There is thousands millions of men that is PRO life supporters.
Are they hypocrites for wanting to have a say in protecting the life of their baby in utero? Men have no say whatsoever regarding their child that they procreated. It might be heartbreaking for the father to never get to see, hear, or smell his baby. Abortion is murder lady, plain and simple. What part of murder do you not understand that it is wrong. Really? they should be arrested because they believe differently than you? Not to mention that believing abortion is murder is not a crime to most sensible people. Please do not put down the Swaggarts as they are doing a great work for the Lord Jesus as many are getting saved, set free from costly and debilitating bondages, and filled with the Holy Spirit of God, not to mention all of the outreach they do.
Anti-abortion movement is full of hypocrites. Most of the people against abortion are also against the funds for supporting the unwanted children. They accept the fact-most, great majority of unplanned children, will live in poverty, huge number of them will turn to crime. These so called “humanists” do not care about lives in misery for the young mothers, who happened to be incautious, inexperienced or lost support they counted on. Most of the population is not supporting the idea of fetus being the conscious, self-aware human being, meaning these anti-abortionists want to force their ideology onto other people. Beware the righteous! Just look at the Muslims and consider what self-righteousness may do for their ideas to prevail.
The men aren’t hypocrites. They are against abortions. So they are standing for what they believe in. Men can be pro life too since they play a major role in the creation.
I am a man with 3 children. It takes two.
The politicians that are doing this are probably going to make a fortune at their new coat hanger factories
Come on, Those Girls are killing for the convenience of their boy friends, and themselves. Both are guilty of murder.
This is so simple I just don’t understand why most citizens just don’t understand the absolute “TRUTH” of “ABORTION”. Anything that is an “OFFENSE” to GOD is not of GOD. So those who RUN Our NATION & WANT ABORTION have a very DEEP SEATED REASON WHY THEY WANT ABORTION. By Our Nation the USA keeping Abortion LEGAL & make it sound as a privilege & saying it is a woman’s right to do with her body as she wants & making their own choices then why not use birth control this is free & you don’t have to kill an innocent creation of GOD. Those who serve the evil one are those behind ABORTION because it makes our whole nation an offense to GOD. Just like In the HOLY BIBLE GOD says those who stand with Israel I their GOD will stand & defend those who defend MY chosen people. As long as the USA acts like children of the devil we will be judged as children of the devil. Obama has ruined our healthy relationship with Israel. He even had a superior attitude when He put the GAY LIGHTS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING as if He was personally spiting in GOD’S face. What do you truly believe they do with the aborted babies? I believe they are capable of some very dark & evil behavior & there are still people who practice “cannibalism” & use the tissue of the unborn to make products to keep our bodies looking younger. either by ingesting or application onto the skin. In the evil “Black Mass Ceremonies” they murder babies & eat their flesh & drink their blood as part of the “RITUAL”. So if you want to know the truth @ ABORTION I encourage you all to do some deeply needed research. Even on UTUBE you can find a lot of TRUTH & it is recorded facts of these rituals taking place with the members of the “VATICAN”. Also check out the former life of the current POPE before he was at the “VATICAN” & read about the “Worldwide Warrant” for him from parents who have lost their children to trafficking of all kinds & our politicians have also indulged in such practices with children. There are many evil people in our government getting away with behavior that most Americans would kill them for because it would be involving innocent children. The government takes children away from so-called bad parents & puts them out for adoption & makes a minimum of $26,000.00 per child. Money & Pride are the MAIN ROOT to ALL “EVILNESS” & We the People could stop it NOW if we wanted to get involved hopefully some of you will follow my advice & do some research & see how many Catholic Priest have been caught molesting our youth in the USA & just imagine how bad this whole picture is world wide the babies & children are the ones suffering & We the adults seem to just turn our heads & minds the other way & pretend that this can’t be possible. Well the USA is looking more & more like ROME when the Gladiators were here on earth & all the members of their senate had their little BOY TOYS to serve them favors & that is a fact.!!!
I SAY YES AGAIN
Let OBAMA CARE pay for it and not out of my taxes
That makes you an accessory, to both murder and theft. Do you suppose God will forgive?
GOD forgives for all our sins as long as we believe in HIM and ask for forgiveness and Jesus as our Savior
OBAMA CARE is your taxes
ABORTION IS NOT MURDER!
How do you think Obama Care is funded?
Some people actually use abortion as birth control. That is not acceptable to me. They can blame themselves for abusing Planned Parenthood; now they will loose the services that they were offered. Serves them right! BJ
The Anti Abortionists should sign up for all the BABIES and pay for the women during the Pregnancy and all the RX and Drs. visits until Birth, Then that child is all yours. Congrats to you.
FIRST CHILDREN, ANY AND ALL GODS ONLY EXIST IN THE MINDS OF PROGRAMMED RELIGIOUS ROBOTS
SECOND NO ONE CAN GIVE ME ONE LOGICAL, RATIONAL AND INTELLIGENT REASON WHY HUMAN LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LIFE OF ANY OTHER LIVING THINGS.
THIRD NO ONE CAN GIVE ME ONE LOGICAL, RATIONAL AND INTELLIGENT NON-EMOTIONAL AND NON RELIGIOUS REASON WHY ABORTIONS ARE WRONG.
FORTH PAYING FOR BIRTH CONTROL AND ABORTIONS WOULD SAVE BILLIONS IN HEALTH, WELFAFE, FOOD STAMPS, EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL COSTS AS WELL AS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CRIMES.
LAST, THE NUMBERS OF NON-RELIGIOUS AMERICANS ARE GROWING AT EVER FASTER RATES
SO TA TA, YOU POOR DELUDED PROGRAMMED RELIGIOUS ROBOTS!
The most dangerous place to be at this time in our HISTORY is– THE MOTHERS WOMB, NO SECOND THOUGH TO ABOURT A LIFE, IT,S A LFE PEOPLE, NOT A FETUS, THAT WORD IS A DENIAL FOR MURDER,,GET IT..
I agree with not funding Planned Parenthood. Maybe fund RX for birth control pills only.
Seems a shame that once again women’s freedom to choose has been subverted by a bunch of sleazy old white guys motivated by selective out-takes from videos filmed under false pretenses.
Just sayin’
I feel sorry for you. What a bent mind set you have, women have NOT been helped
by the butchers at Planned Parenthood or any abortion provider. Only harmed!
Janet you are a liar, Planned Parenthood has helped a lot of women. MIllions have been helped with their yearly pep smears, birth control, diseases and cancer screenings. They charge based on an individuals salary. Why would women like YOU want to hurt other women that need the service. Abortion is a women’s right and you and all of your ilk need to stay out of other’s bedrooms. Why is the disposal of a fetus part of the political process? If that is part of your religion it is simple, don’t have an abortion. Other women are not in your predicament they are going through issues and you want to make it harder, because your cult pastor tells you otherwise. Women like you are is why men take advantage.
So why not just fund PP but the caveat is they no longer perform abortions. I don’t mind the funding of womens health, i but I do mind the funding of abortions. If you want an abortion, pay for it yourself or don’t get pregnant in the first place. Use the contraceptive provided by PP to not get pregnant or keep your legs together. Why is your abortion my problem and my financial responsibility?
No one is against helping women with pap smears and other health care just abortions. You say if our religion is against abortions don’t get one, other wise we should stay of of others bedrooms. Well it is our business when Christians and others who do not support abortions has to pay for it.
I also do not understand why we need to spend millions every year for these clinics when you now have your so great Obama care, which by the way pays for these services as well and the tax payers pay for that as well. When is all the free stuff going to stop? When is all the killings going to stop? You guys are against war ( some wars I AGREE ) but when it comes to saving an innocent life you turn your backs. There is nothing wrong with equal pay for women, ect. but you carry things to far.
The only right you have is not to get pregnant in the first place you don’t have the right to murder another life period
What is it about,LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, don’t you understand? Without liberty there can be no pursuit, and without Life there can be no Liberty. You, my friend, are Un-American.
Diane you just don’t get it. I personally don’t care what you do with or to your bodies as long as I don’t have to pay for your abortion. If you are too stupid to use a condom or a birth control pill you really are too stupid for sex. Who is doing you?
A stupid person that can’t get sex anywhere else.
Conservatives are telling people what they cannot do while nobody tells them they have to have an abortion but God gave us free will which they are trying to take away
Amen to that Diane. PP are doing nothing for these women but making HUGE profits off of them who haven’t a clue what is going on. Ask any ex abortionist (and their are many and more coming out) or anyone who was in that putrid business what goes down when women go in for help to decide to give birth or abort. They trick them and are devious in how they handle the whole matter. It is a big business people and more about money than the women. Anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial or is not informed. It is a disgusting business using women to make their money. Alicia, if you would like to get your head out of the sand, pull up ex abortion doctors and personnel so you can find out the real truth. There are plenty of clinics now that are doing the exact same thing that PP did that are not performing abortions. Look it up if you think we are just saying this. I have read so many testimonies from those who have left or in the process of leaving the abortion business because they no longer want to be a part of what is truly going on to the women and the babies and the ugliness of it all. Women do not have a right morally to do this to another human being. Treat others the way you want to be treated. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that this is abuse to another human being if you care to think about someone besides YOUR rights. What arrogant self-centered human beings you all are. As long as you get your way, screw the lives of millions of people whose lives were taken by a society who will have to answer for this one day in more ways than one. How about we come up with some sort of rights that would allow you to be taken out? How would that suit you?
Women have always had the right to choose, however they should take responsibility for their choices and not make everyone else pay for their choice.
Government should not be in the business of paying for abortions or even contraception.
Sex is for procreation, not entertainment or fun.
Anyone who takes a women’s right to choose, as in rape, away should be executed like they were mad dogs.
If you do not like it stop fu#king !
yes, keep your legs CLOSED – why should I as a Christian be forced to go against my beliefs to pay for your party
Another baby murdering, baby butchering retard liberal11l heard from.
Hey, “The Globalizer says,” You are seriously deranged, and I feel sorry for you. If you were truly a family man or woman, with children, you would never speak such garbage. Shame on you. Just remember, when judgment day comes, and it will, you will no longer have any place to hide, and will finally be held accountable for your actions and statements. I will pray for you, but I believe you are too far gone already.
What you need is some training on how to keep your DAMN genitals saved for marriage. All I see is some women like dogs that will let any male do it to them. You know what, deal with it. You pay for your folly. Why should I have to pay for your dame mistakes?
The woman can choose birth control or no sex the baby has rights. You are ignoring basic science here. Also for taxation with out representation. Also social real facts selfish brat.
Hey Globalizer, Obama keeps bringing Muslims into the US. They will make changes to abortion that go way beyond defunding Planned Parenthood. They will ban abortion, make rape and pedophilia legal, and promote female mutilation. So go for it Globalizer. Keep bowing at Obama’s feet. Your freedom to do what you want with YOUR body is going to end soon. Too bad you can’t see that Christians and Jews are prohibited from committing murder, and abortion is murder. So examine which side you are standing on.
Exactly Right Sue!
Keep your legs crossed if you don’t want to get pregnant. Don’t take an innocent child’s life.
“Women freedom to choose “. What about baby freedom to live. As far as I know, no one has the right to kill, not even unborn BABIES.
Women like men have a choice before getting pregnant. Unless the are raped or forced to have sex. The baby has no choice in the matter.
Women are free! They have more freedom than ever before in history! But freedom has nothing to do with the right to commit murder!
We all know that pregnancy can be prevented! and one would also know how one becomes pregnant! and you should never think that it is ok to use ‘ABORTION’ as a method of birth control!!!! And are you seriously gonna defend the sale of body parts of human babies? How can you even stand to look at yourself in the mirror???????????????
I am very afraid of folks who think that they have a hot line to God.
I would like them to get their morality off my body!
Why? So you can murder? Perhaps if you communicate with God – there is a commandment that you shall NOT MURDER.
it’s not “them” that are getting you knocked up. It’s the fact that you spread your legs for anyone at anytime without taking any precautions. Here is a novel idea, why don’t you take responsibility for your own body. BTW, they didn’t say you couldn’t get an abortion they simply said they weren’t going to pay for it.
Susan
Perhaps I responded in haste – not what I said, but how I said it. After I responded, I got to thinking that perhaps you have had an abortion in the past. God forgives. You do not have to feel guilt, he still loves you. We all sin and are forgiven.
Yes, I do have what you call “a hot line to God”, it is called prayer. You have nothing to fear about me, only that which can klll your soul. So, as much as we are trying to save babies, we also want to save individuals from the shame and pain from abortions. I will pray for you.
Murder is wrong, period. How can you be so selfish so as to override your baby’s rights? Get yourself out of your baby’s body!
You need to keep all those men of your damn body.
The baby has a body. Look at a sonogram you not smart on purpose woman.
Globalizer you are a dirt bag! Women’s freedom of choice is either to keep her legs closed or use Condoms. What’s so hard about that???
I Am not a sleazy old white guy; a woman with who works hard at a job every day!!
Anyone who kills unborn babies will rot in H–l!
Abortion kills disabled people too.
Quick, folks, what is the largest killer of Black People in NYC? The answer is abortion. We need real planned parenthood, not an organization by that name that’s really a baby killing racket. A sicko creep of a man just killed a one-year-old baby in Indiana. This abhors us, but killing the same child one year earlier is legal. We need to work hard to seriously slow down this infanticide movement. Don’t just pay attention to the Presidential race. Also study the Representative and Senate candidates. Learn their position on this abortion issue and vote accordingly.
Yes abortion is also against disabled people. Also for labeling people as things of convenience. ISIS is like that. You are for ISIS power if you are fro abortion. No such thing as an unwanted child. A brand new car is cheaper than an adoption. Be responsible. Just lazy people being sexual. Sexual behavior is a way to get AIDS and Hepatitis C. Both are deadly. AIDS HAS NO CURE. HEP C IS A LEINGTHY MEDICAL PROCESS TO CURE THAT I’M TOLD IS PAINFUL TO DO.
Great! However, approximately 60 million abortions in America since Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973, the vast majority of which were ‘on demand’ and not because the health of the mother was at stake or a rape/incest situation. What a tragic, inexcusable and dark legacy that is. Sanctioned murder of the unborn who are no doubt the most innocent of us all. Cogitate on that depressing number and ask God to help and forgive us.
Not only that, the doctors I have heard speak say that is ever so rare that a woman’s life could be in danger, but if it were that would make it an exeption.
God is watching! His judgment is awaiting our response to this genocide and if we do not stop this murdering of the unborn we will feel his wrath – guaranteed!
Do you really think we’re not feeling it already?
Abortion – the ultimate child abuse!
Today women have the right to have a baby or not. There are many things today that prevent pregnancy. Years ago there were not as many. Today you can bring your baby to a fire station, police station, hospital, church with no questions asked. Don’t abort your child. If you can’t tale care of your baby there are agencies who can help. Killing your child is murder. Maybe the father will help out. There is an old saying “if you play, your must pay.” Planned Parenthood should not be funded by the GOVERNMENT !!!
It’s ten times more dangerous to be in the womb than on the battlefield!
Y’know, all this goes back a long, long time…women killing their babes! For some women it just goes on and on and on and to me they are heartless women who do not deserve to have a beautiful new life in their arms. I am a middle class white woman (84 yrs) and when I became pregnant with my 3rd child more than a few of my “friends”? advised me to abort. It shocked me to my core. I did not take their advice and gave birth to my beautiful baby girl, delighting her big sister and big brother and her Daddy. She has brought us all so much joy and made us so proud of her. She finished college and went into the USArmy for 22 years as a Dietician. She is now retired and living in Texas, has a fine husband and two adorable teenagers. LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!
Please young ladies…if you made a mistake don’t make it a double. Give birth to your baby…then decide what you will do. I am sure that after birth when the Dr. gives you that little bundle of joy into your arms you will receive the mother love that has been growing along with your baby inside you for 9 long months. Then and only then you will have to make the greatest decision of your life. I hope you make the right one for the both of you. God Bless You and your baby and God Bless the decision you make.
Also for infertile women who might not have the choice to birth a child you can give her the chance to be a mother. Abortion is selfish. Like ISIS is selfish. Infertility treatment is so expensive it is per treatment the cost of a down payment on a house.
Adoption costs more than a brand new car. Then you are put into a lottery to be a parent, Infertility treatments costs the same as a down payment on a house. Abortion is causing the pain for infertile women who want to be mothers. What about the infertile woman and her feelings? OH I FORGOT YOU ARE TOO SELFISH TO CARE!
Conservatism cannot stand for extremism. It must adopt a moderate platform.
Accept 1st and ONLY trimester abortion. Denying reality is a prescription for permanent war.
Strict definition for extremely rare cases of 2nd and 3rd trimester abortion must be defined with stiff sanctions against MDs violating the law. Suspension or loss of the right to practice as example. Monetary penalty is useless since money is always available.
These I believe are moderate and reasonable positions.
A moderate platform? “Conservatives” have been moderate for decades while liberals have been liberal. That’s why conservatives lose elections and the Left keeps moving farther left!
We really need conservatives to be conservative and let the debate begin!
Keep your legs shut or use birth control or get your tubes tied and quit murdering children who are innocent. Science says we are right. You are wrong. You are as much a part of your mother as prenatal child theirs. You are adult tissue and baby fetal tissue. Both human. You are inconvenient to someone, they have the right to murder you. If abortion is nothing they do. Think about it abortion is murder.
I thought Planned Parenthood was for getting birth control pills for free! I guess that fad went out with pulling your pants up to your waist.
I’m glad to hear the lucrative baby slaughter industry is going to have to survive without taxpayer funds. We have spent a lot of time and prayers trying to win protection for life from the Supreme Court. Since it is unlikely that the justices on the Supreme Court are going to provide justice for unborn children any time soon we need to work to make life difficult for the baby murder industry. This is one more way that something is being accomplished. I hope we will see the day when murdering babies is no longer done in our country. Taking the profit out of the industry is a good step in the right direction.
There are a lot of other ways to prevent an unwanted pregnancy or an unwanted baby for that matter, other than taking the life of a very wanted baby by someone who can’t have one for some reason or another, give your baby chance. They may turn out to be another Billy Graham or Albert Einstein ,or maybe even a fantastic president someday.
I don’t want it moderated
I’m s MURDER anyway you look at it.
Whether or not to have an abortion is a very private and often heart-breaking decision. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone! All of you sanctimonious, “holier than thou” individuals have very simplistic outlooks. How can you assume the circumstances that might have lead to the decison to abort? It could have been Date Rape, rape in general, the result of an abusive relationship, health reasons, archaic ideas regarding birth control. Who takes responsibility for all these children after they come into the world? What does a woman to do with her life while pregnant? Especially if the circumstances leading up to the pregnance were not by choice? Not all women are fast and loose with their bodies.Until you have walked in the woman’s shoes who gives anyone the right to pass judgement upon her.
INCEST/RAPE/OR IF THE MOTHERS LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY IS THE ONLY REASON ABORTION SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, AND THAT SHOULD BE THE MOTHERS RIGHT. WHATEVER HAPPEND TO COMMON SENSE. YES IT IS A WOMENS BODY SO PROTECT YOURSELF SO THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE AN ABORTION. THERE IS NO WOMAN IN TODAYS WORLD THAT IS NOT SMART ENOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM GETTING PREGNANT. THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES FOR KILLING A BABY. IF SOMEONE KILLED YOUR CHILD YOU WOULD DEMAND JUSTICE. WOMEN AND MEN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING A BABIES LIFE THAT CAN NOT PROTECT IT’S SELF.
How about the consequences for sending a young man to fight a war? Why should we send young men to fight wars for….I forgot why we are fighting in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, next coming soon… anyways, when the young man dies, shouldn’t you be just as appalled? Outraged!! How do you begin to draw the fine line here? You should be going BONKERS over all the innocent civilians which the US has killed over the years!
Planned Parenthood provides many health services for women of predominantly lower incomes! Women in need of help. Very little has to do with abortion. Your dogma is sponsored by the likes of the Koch Brothers who want to take money out of all social welfare programs! You are pawns to a truly evil empire! This wonderful strategy will not be supported by the majority of Americans. You are frustrated because America will not follow your beliefs. It is because you are the minority! Not a majority!
WELL DONE GOV. SCOTT, WELL DONE !!!