Posted on 11/24/2010 11:33:47 AM PST by wagglebee
In an email to conservative and pro-life activists yesterday, Pence touted the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act.
“Reports show that Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, receives nearly one-third of its $1 billion annual budget from the federal government. And it’s about to get worse, because Obamacare is hiding even more tax dollars in handouts for abortion providers,” Pence explained.
“Nearly 3,500 abortions are performed every day in America. That’s 3,500 lives taken away, many on the government dime without the knowledge or direct approval of taxpayers! It’s reprehensible and we can’t allow it to continue,” Pence added.
Pence referred to the Pledge With America that House Republicans put forward before the elections promising to dismantle ObamaCare, which contains a full prohibition on abortion funding, and to cut off taxpayer funding for abortions in other areas.
“I’m ready to deliver that promise with legislation that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving a single dime from the federal government,” the Indiana congressman wrote. “With a new Republican majority, Planned Parenthood is running scared.”
That appears to be the case as Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent a desperate email to supporters of the abortion business today pleading for funds to combat the legislation.
Richards claims Pence is not telling the truth about the $650 million in federal funds a GAO report shows the abortion business getting over a seven year period. http://www.lifenews.com/nat6425.html
“He’s lying to them, telling them that tax dollars fund abortion services — but he’s deadly serious about eliminating all federal funding for Planned Parenthood’s life-saving work,” she claims. “I knew the attacks would start soon — but this is outrageous and, I fear, only the beginning. The attacks on Planned Parenthood and the people Planned Parenthood serves are bound to get worse.”
“If Rep. Pence and his anti-choice cronies are successful, the consequences for women will be dire. Federal funding helps local Planned Parenthood health centers across the country,” Richards added, claiming none of the money helps the abortion business do abortions. “After the gains anti-choice legislators made in the recent elections, we knew attacks like this would be coming.”
Richards called Pence’s bill a “vicious campaign to eliminate Planned Parenthood” and promised to “fight this and every effort to undermine” her organization’s work.
In his email, Pence said he’s not surprised Planned Parenthood has gone after him by name.
“The fear of losing their federal funding has led them to target me for my pro-life positions. They’ve even named me to their 2010 Election Hall of Shame for advocating a pro-life agenda on Capitol Hill,” he said. “But I refuse to back down.”
“Our tax dollars should not be spent on abortions. I know it. You know it. Let’s make sure every member of Congress knows it,” he concluded.
Big Murder is one of the deadliest organizations on Earth, it needs to be eliminated!
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Planned Parenthood = Big Murder
I like that.
Hurrah! I stand with Congressman Mike Pence on this defunding of PP.
GOD BLESS MIKE PENCE!!
The people curse God as to why He allowed all of the diseases of mankind to continue and why he didn’t do something about it and God says..”I kept sending the people with the solutions but you kept killing them”.
Heck, the NFL just concluded a fund drive for Big Murder (I like that name, too) during the month of October with all that pink gear crap. It’s called the Susan G. Kommen Foundation.
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"Life saving work"?
Well, there you go liberal media! You keep asking conservatives what they would cut. Happy now? hahahaha
I like Pence more and more every day.
Pardon me. Maybe I am naive, but I didn’t know the Susan G. Kommen Foundation is connected to Planned Parenthood? Could you please supply a link or something that explains this? Thanks.
A country that financially and “legally” supports the killing of innocent humans is doomed to destruction. Shutting down the abortion industry is a step toward saving this nation, but more importantly, a step toward God our Creator.
My thoughts exactly. Thank God for Mike Pence and protection of life.
If you can’t de-fund Planned Parenthood when we’re bankrupt, you really aren’t trying.
I agree. De-fund them completely.
MIKE PENCE FOR PRESIDENT.
The success of this effort will be HUGH
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