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Days after pledging to sign a bill<\/a> completely defunding Planned Parenthood as president, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is once again sending mixed messages on the abortion giant.<\/p>\n

On Sunday\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d Chuck Todd asked<\/a> Trump, who first waffled on the subject in August<\/a>, \u201cDemocrats will say that money they give to Planned Parenthood does not go to abortions, that the money they give to Planned Parenthood only goes to other women\u2019s health including mammograms and things like that. If you knew the government money were only going to that, would you support funding Planned Parenthood?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump first responded (emphasis added):<\/p>\n

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Yeah, if it didn\u2019t have to do with abortions. Look, I understand it. I have many, many friends who, women who understand Planned Parenthood, better than you and I will ever understand it. And they do some very good work, cervical cancer, lots of women\u2019s issue, women\u2019s health issues are taken care of. I know one of the candidates, I won\u2019t mention names, said we\u2019re not gonna spend that kind of money on women\u2019s health issues. I am.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump was referring to August comments<\/a> by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who dropped out of the race Saturday night, saying \u201cI\u2019m not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women\u2019s health issues\u201d over the course of discussing Planned Parenthood\u2019s federal funding. Trump said at the time that Bush \u201cowes women an apology,\u201d assuring voters that by contrast, \u201cI will be so good to women.\u201d Bush clarified that he was not referring to general health subsidies, but to \u201cthe hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood \u2014 an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Trump continued:<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood does a lot of good, does a really good job on a lot of different areas, but not on abortion. So I am not gonna fund it if it\u2019s doing the abortion. I am not gonna fund it. Now they say it\u2019s three percent, and it\u2019s four percent, some people say it\u2019s sixty percent. I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s sixty percent, by the way, I think it\u2019s probably a much lower number. But Planned Parenthood does some very good work. But I would defund as long as they\u2019re doing abortions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite Planned Parenthood\u2019s claim that abortions comprise just 3% of its business, the truth is<\/a> that Planned Parenthood receives roughly a third of its clinic revenue, and over 10% of its overall revenue, from the procedure. In addition, Planned Parenthood\u2019s breast exams, pap tests, and prenatal services have been declining<\/a> while their abortion business has increased over the past several years.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s remarks\u2014which ostensibly endorse complete defunding yet suggest openness to Planned Parenthood\u2019s argument that their subsidies are sufficiently partitioned from their abortion services (despite fungibility<\/a>)\u2014come days after he threatened to sue<\/a> GOP competitor Sen. Ted Cruz for an ad arguing pro-lifers cannot trust him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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