{"id":163460,"date":"2017-03-07T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=163460"},"modified":"2017-03-10T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T04:59:22","slug":"how-committed-is-planned-parenthood-to-abortion-they-wont-stop-performing-them-to-keep-taxpayer-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-committed-is-planned-parenthood-to-abortion-they-wont-stop-performing-them-to-keep-taxpayer-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood’s rejection of President Trump’s funding deal shows its focus is abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The long awaited replacement bill to the Affordable Care Act was released by the House GOP on Monday night. The bill included defunding Planned Parenthood, as Live Action News reported<\/a>. Planned Parenthood doesn’t need to lose its funding, though, as President Trump\u00a0actually\u00a0offered to keep its\u00a0funding if it\u00a0ceases abortions. Planned Parenthood, however, flatly\u00a0refused<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the New York Times reported<\/a>, Planned Parenthood may even receive more federal earmarks if it\u00a0discontinues abortions. After emphasizing that it\u00a0cannot legally use federal funds for most abortions (with some\u00a0exceptions), Executive Vice President of Planned Parenthood Dawn Laguens also sought to categorize abortion as part of the group’s health care services:<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s be clear: Federal funds already do not pay for abortions,\u201d Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said on Monday. \u201cOffering money to Planned Parenthood to abandon our patients and our values is not a deal that we will ever accept. Providing critical health care services for millions of American women is nonnegotiable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Federal money may not be technically able to go to most abortions, but it is fungible, freeing up funds for Planned Parenthood to focus on abortion. Moreover,\u00a0despite Laguens’ talking points, abortion is not <\/em>health care, especially since it is never necessary to protect a mother’s health<\/a>.\u00a0In this declaration<\/a>, 140 medical professionals explain how abortion is not medically necessary. Often, a C-section can instead be performed with the intention to save both the mother’s life and the child’s life. There is no medical need to guarantee the child’s death by killing her prior to delivering her. Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains further:<\/p>\n