Posted on 06/25/2025 9:19:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sharply criticized Republicans for removing federal subsidies for Planned Parenthood from the reconciliation bill, saying "they want to rip away health care from millions more Americans. Without these subsidies up to 200 Planned Parenthood centers could close. More than 90% of these closures would be in states where abortion is legal for the voters of the state."
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) said "there is not a day that ends in 'y' where Republicans are not trying to ban abortion here in Congress. We are talking about women left with no options for the care that they need. For some patients, it will seem basically impossible to get the care they need, regardless of how badly they need it."
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont) countered by pointing out "the Supreme Court determined that abortion is a state issue. As we have seen, some states support abortion and some don't. Those that don't shouldn't be required to fund abortions performed in states that do. When the federal government subsidizes Planned Parenthood abortion centers in states where abortion is legal it forces taxpayers who oppose abortion to pay for taking the lives of unborn children. If Senators like Schumer and Murray are so stoutly in favor of this barbaric procedure they should fund it themselves."
"No, no, no," Schumer replied. "Abortion is a human right. If a woman needs an abortion it is her right to have one. If she can't afford it, it is the government's obligation to pay for it."
Murray said "Daines' suggestion that only those who favor abortion should have to pay for it is cruel and selfish. Health is a universal benefit that should be funded by everyone. Previous administrations and congresses recognized this obligation. The current Republican stance is shameful."
"What is really shameful is that there are people willing to deny the right to life of innocent babies," Daines said. "Decent people would defend this right and support ways of assisting mothers-to-be so they could give their babies the gift of life that all of us involved in this debate were given by our mothers."
This is a ‘from the River to the Sea’ argument I am hearing from Schumer and company.
How do you compromise with that worldview?
Sen Daines is correct - the same nonsense with Federal Income Taxes allowing property taxes to be deductible - everyone is paying so some states can steal larger amounts than other states from their residents.
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