{"id":162568,"date":"2017-02-17T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=162568"},"modified":"2017-02-21T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:30:25","slug":"women-in-congress-are-leading-the-charge-to-defund-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-in-congress-are-leading-the-charge-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Congress are leading the charge to defund Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, recently spoke at the MAKERS Conference<\/a> on ways to fight the winning efforts of the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n

In her talk, Richards laid ground for the future of Planned Parenthood and how to fight back against the efforts of a pro-life Congress to defund America\u2019s largest abortion corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Her talking points included the Women\u2019s March on Washington, getting men involved in pro-choice efforts, reaching out to diverse groups, and ways to share abortion stories and unify women, since they allegedly make up the majority of America. What was most striking was her second talking point regarding women running for public office.\u00a0Near the beginning of her talk, Richards urged women to get involved in politics, and claimed that if more women were in Congress, Planned Parenthood would no longer have a fight on its hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep thinking, if I had more members of Congress that could get pregnant, we could quit fighting about Planned Parenthood,\u201d Richards said.<\/p>\n

Contrary to her non-factual belief, women in Congress<\/a> have some of the loudest voices in opposition to Planned Parenthood. Many are also mothers.<\/p>\n

Take, for example, Rep. Diane Black<\/a> (R-Tenn.) \u2013 a mother of three<\/a> and sponsor of H.J. Res. 43<\/a>, a bill that would redirect state funding of Planned Parenthood to community health centers<\/a>. On Tuesday, Black\u00a0testified before the House Rules Committee<\/a> on behalf of the bill:<\/p>\n

According to Planned Parenthood\u2019s most recent annual report, Planned Parenthood\u2019s contraceptive services dropped by 18% over the last year. And their total number of services provided dropped by 11% even as their taxpayer funding increased by millions and their abortions continued at over 320,000 a year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n