{"id":165690,"date":"2017-05-05T19:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T00:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=165690"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:08:12","slug":"defunding-planned-parenthood-means-funding-womens-health-care-instead-of-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/defunding-planned-parenthood-means-funding-womens-health-care-instead-of-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Defunding Planned Parenthood means funding women’s health care instead of abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday, the\u00a0U.S. House voted to defund America\u2019s largest abortion corporation<\/a>, Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

Through a reconciliation bill, the House voted 217-213 to strip Planned Parenthood\u2019s roughly $553 million in annual taxpayer funding. This is a huge victory for women and the more than 320,000 preborn children who die every year at the hands of the abortion giant. However, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards soon took to Twitter to bash the victory and push a false narrative about the\u00a0\u201chealth care coverage<\/a>\u201d millions of people will lose if the corporation is defunded.<\/p>\n

In the video, Richards says defunding Planned Parenthood is bad \u201cfor women and women\u2019s health,\u201d claiming\u00a0that \u201cthis bill makes it \u2026 harder to have a healthy pregnancy and harder to raise a family.\u201d\u00a0Her talking points are false and quite puzzling.<\/p>\n