{"id":99080,"date":"2016-08-12T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=99080"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T19:34:03","slug":"hillary-clinton-uses-zika-to-demand-more-planned-parenthood-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hillary-clinton-uses-zika-to-demand-more-planned-parenthood-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton uses Zika to demand more Planned Parenthood funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>This week, Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com.au\/article\/hillary.clinton.calls.for.planned.parenthood.funding.to.fight.zika\/22350.htm\">claimed<\/a> that concern over the Zika virus warranted federal funding for the abortion giant Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very disappointed that the Congress went on recess before actually agreeing on what they would do to put the resources into this fight,&#8221; the former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State said at the Borinquen Medical Centers of Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->When they reconvene, she demanded, lawmakers should pass a total of $3 billion in funding to fight Zika through two pieces of legislation, both of which would redirect additional taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood. Clinton is <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-planned-parenthood-endorsed-hillary-clinton\/\">100% pro-abortion and a longtime ally<\/a> of Planned Parenthood, which has endorsed her and donated heavily to her political career.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativereview.com\/commentary\/2015\/09\/a-comprehensive-guide-to-planned-parenthood-funding\">already receives<\/a> almost $530 million a year in federal funding, which cannot directly finance abortions but has the effect of freeing up more revenue from other sources, which Planned Parenthood can use for abortions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republican-controlled House did pass a $1.1 billion Zika bill, but Senate Democrats blocked it and President Barack Obama threatened to veto it for its language disqualifying abortion providers from receiving any of the money.<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News covered earlier this week, Florida GOP Senator and former presidential candidate Marco Rubio has <a href=\"\/news\/rubio-zika-shouldnt-be-used-as-political-football-to-fund-abortion\/\">criticized<\/a> abortion advocates for using the issue of Zika as a pretext to funnel more money to the abortion industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton claimed that concern over the Zika virus warranted federal funding for the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. &#8220;I am very disappointed that the Congress 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