{"id":159481,"date":"2017-01-03T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=159481"},"modified":"2017-01-05T18:32:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:32:50","slug":"planned-parenthood-new-congress-is-most-dangerous-moment-in-our-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-new-congress-is-most-dangerous-moment-in-our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood: New Congress is &#8216;most dangerous moment\u2019 in our history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>As members of the 115th Congress were sworn in Tuesday, Planned Parenthood issued a frantic response to the group of pro-life lawmakers who now make up the U.S. House and Senate. In a tweet, and in a separate fundraising e-mail, the abortion chain called the new Congress &#8220;the most dangerous moment in PP&#8217;s history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159482 aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-shot-2017-01-03-at-4.29.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-shot-2017-01-03-at-4.29.12-PM.png 437w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-shot-2017-01-03-at-4.29.12-PM-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers, along with President-elect Donald Trump, have vowed to defund Planned Parenthood and redirect\u00a0taxpayer dollars away from the abortion chain to comprehensive clinics offering holistic health care. The House and the Senate came close to defunding Planned Parenthood in 2016, but President Barack Obama vetoed the measure. With the new Congress and president, however, there is a clear path to ending the taxpayer funding of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In a fundraising e-mail, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards vowed that the\u00a0abortion giant will &#8220;fight like hell&#8221; in 2017 to protect its\u00a0federal\u00a0subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new Congress is being sworn in today \u2014 which means we are entering the most dangerous moment in Planned Parenthood\u2019s history,&#8221; Richards said.\u00a0\u201cWithout the promise of a presidential veto, there\u2019s only one thing that can stop this destructive agenda: Us. You, me, and millions of Planned Parenthood supporters locked arm in arm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood&#8217;s federal funding has come under intense scrutiny over the last few years, receiving\u00a0strong criticism after videos released in 2015 showed its top executives bartering over the body parts of aborted children. The abortion chain, which\u00a0has also\u00a0been cutting down on health services while expanding\u00a0the number of abortions, is increasingly showing that its focus is on abortion, not on women&#8217;s health care.\u00a0Planned Parenthood receives over $500 million in taxpayer funding every year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fliveaction%2Fvideos%2F10154479443488728%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As members of the 115th Congress were sworn in Tuesday, Planned Parenthood issued a frantic response to the group of pro-life lawmakers who now make up the U.S. House and Senate. 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