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elleng

(130,974 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 01:18 PM Aug 2015

97% of Planned Parenthood's work is mammograms, preventive care, O'Malley says.

The vast majority of Planned Parenthood’s work goes toward mammograms and preventive care, said former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Since an anti-abortion group released videos Planned Parenthood officials talking about aborted fetal parts, Republicans have pushed to take away federal funding from the women’s health organization. Democratic presidential candidates, on the other hand, are showing their support, if subdued.

O’Malley said he hadn’t seen the videos, speaking to reporters in New Hampshire July 26.

"And I don't generally make a habit of responding to right-wing videos," O'Malley said, according to Washington Post’s Dave Weigel. "I do know that 97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health. So that's what I know, but I'll defer to others for commenting on that video and whatever videos they're pumping out there."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/03/martin-omalley/97-planned-parenthoods-work-mammograms-preventive-/

"And I don't generally make a habit of responding to right-wing videos," O'Malley said.

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97% of Planned Parenthood's work is mammograms, preventive care, O'Malley says. (Original Post) elleng Aug 2015 OP
K & R. n/t FSogol Aug 2015 #1
O'Malley did not need to or want to watch the distorted propaganda videos to pass judgment that Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2
MY O'Malley tree is well weighed down!!! elleng Aug 2015 #3
And the 3% that isn't results in fetal tissue BEING DONATED. Vinca Aug 2015 #4
I've decided to rename Planned Parenthood to Women's Personal Healthcare... Stellar Aug 2015 #5

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. O'Malley did not need to or want to watch the distorted propaganda videos to pass judgment that
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 01:27 PM
Aug 2015

was 100% correct.

That the highly edited, highly distorted "videos" were manufactured in the dungeons of a well-known, to some, violent hate group funded by GOP political anti-abortion operatives is all anyone needed to know.

Only O'Malley did. Not Sanders, not Clinton, not anyone else I am aware of, I could be mistaken.

And the GOP truthfuckers are voting on defunding PP today.....I fully understand the rush for what would be an illegal Bill of Attainder anyway.

Anyone leaning O'Malley a tad bit more after this?

You have to throw this on a branch of the decision tree, is all I am saying.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
4. And the 3% that isn't results in fetal tissue BEING DONATED.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 02:04 PM
Aug 2015

Planned Parenthood isn't selling anything, it's being paid for the cost of preserving the specimens and shipping them. The other option is to toss the tissue in with the medical waste and send it for disposal. Since the GOP doesn't believe in science, that's probably their preference.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
5. I've decided to rename Planned Parenthood to Women's Personal Healthcare...
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 02:21 PM
Aug 2015

and maybe they (GOtP) wouldn't put so much attention on babies, and back on the health of their loved ones...mother wife, the daughters, perhaps.

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