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jpak

(41,741 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:40 PM Oct 2015

Trio of Maine lawmakers pushes plan to defund Planned Parenthood

Source: Portland Press Herald

AUGUSTA — Three Republican state lawmakers are joining a national – and thus far futile – movement to block the disbursement of federal funds to Planned Parenthood.

Republican Reps. Richard Pickett of Dixfield, Mary Anne Kinney of Knox, and Rep. Beth P. Turner of Burlington announced their plan to submit legislation in a column published in the Sun Journal in Lewiston. The three said they were motivated by the release of secretly recorded videos produced by an anti-abortion group and purporting to show that the women’s health organization illegally sells fetal tissue for profit. Those allegations have been vehemently denied by Planned Parenthood, which argues that the organization has been targeted by a staunch opponent of abortion and that the videos were deceptively edited.

The battle made the national stage this week when Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards jousted with Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee. Richards said the allegations were “offensive and categorically untrue.”

The proposal advanced by the Maine lawmakers illustrates how the politically charged controversy has flowed into state Legislatures. However, it’s unlikely that their proposal will even become a bill during the legislative session that begins in January.

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Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/02/trio-of-maine-lawmakers-push-plan-to-defund-planned-parenthood/



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Trio of Maine lawmakers pushes plan to defund Planned Parenthood (Original Post) jpak Oct 2015 OP
Assholes. catbyte Oct 2015 #1
Motivated by fake vidoes Geronimoe Oct 2015 #2
Narcissists november3rd Oct 2015 #3
Republicans motivated by bullshit. Now there's a surprise. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #4
And the newspaper Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #5
Read the comments jpak Oct 2015 #6
Wow. They're almost uplifting. n/t crim son Oct 2015 #8
Smart plan. Limit contraception for women and create a need for more abortions. Vinca Oct 2015 #7
It's the same fucking playbook. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2015 #9
 

november3rd

(1,113 posts)
3. Narcissists
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:10 PM
Oct 2015

these lawmakers just want to jump into the spotlight, thinking it will make them look sharp and current.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
9. It's the same fucking playbook.
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 08:04 PM
Oct 2015

Same crap happening here in Wisconsin. Is this ALEC or just the fundy meme du jour?

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