{"id":167923,"date":"2017-06-21T00:44:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T04:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167923"},"modified":"2017-06-22T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T23:34:36","slug":"karen-handel-wins-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/karen-handel-wins-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood loses big as Karen Handel wins Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After facing pro-abortion candidate John Ossoff in a runoff election, pro-lifer Karen Handel won the U.S. House seat in Georgia vacated by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price. On Tuesday, Ossoff and Handel faced a one-on-one battle after Ossoff failed to hit the required 50 percent threshold in the original vote in April. He still was unable to pull off a win and lost to Handel, 47 percent to 52 percent.<\/p>\n

Live Action News’ reporting on the April election results<\/a> painted a clear distinction between Ossoff, who spoke of his support for abortion and Planned Parenthood on his campaign site, and Handel, who was bullied by Planned Parenthood during her time at Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Komen initially decided to cease providing grants to a scandal-ridden<\/a> Planned Parenthood<\/a> —\u00a0which does not perform mammograms<\/a> and only performs 1.8 percent of clinical breast exams nationally<\/a>.\u00a0After immense pressure and bullying from Planned Parenthood, Komen\u00a0reversed course<\/a>, and Handel was soon on her way out.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry were rabid supporters of Ossoff, with Planned Parenthood coming in as the second largest funder of his race.<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood put $734,000+ behind Ossoff, second biggest backer. Huge loss for them. #GA06<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t6qHRaPpRg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Billy Valentine (@valentinebilly) June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n