one is that by putting this on planned parenthood and particularly by coming down to this sort of final moment and saying we will hold up the whole thing over the question of defunding planned parenthood, it allows, if there is in fact a government shutdown, for the blame to be placed not on obstructionist republicans who are making a set of choices that the country simply cannot live with in the long term, but instead to kind of offset that blame on radical feminists who want to give people abortions. you see what happens is then the who is doing that? well, that s what happens if the government shut downs around the planned parenthood question. in other words, the issue of will you will you hold the line on this? if the president and the democratic party don t hold the line on this, then they recognize that they have a very strong possibility of losing the support of women voters. however, if they do then this sort of group of women who are reproductive rights advocates can b
are you willing to hold this up entire budget over defunding planned parenthood? well, of course i am. i think the american people have begun to learn that the largest abortion provider in the country is also the largest recipient of federal funding under title x, and they want to see that come to an end. you know, i think there s a broad consensus in this country, regardless of where you stand on the subject of abortion, there s a broad consensus for decades now opposing public funding of abortion and abortion providers. we are going to dig in and we are going to fight for the principle the taxpayers should not have to subsidize the largest abortion provider in the country, namely planned parenthood of america. let s get to the clarity here, joan, the issue here is not funding of abortion which is outlawed under the hyde amendment, where it stands, the law, whatever you think about it, that is the law. that s the law. he is talking about defunding planned parenthood, i under
i want to be careful here, here is republican mike pence, let s hear what he has to say, spearheading this cause, let him speak for himself. he says he is willing to hold up the budget, bring down the whole government to over one issue, planned parenthood. listen to him say it. are you willing to hold this up entire budget over defunding planned parenthood? well, of course i am. i think the american people have begun to learn that the largest abortion provider in the country is also the largest recipient of federal funding under title ten and they want to see that come to an end. you know, i think there s a broad consensus in this country, regardless of where you stand on the subject of abortion, there s a broad consensus for decades now opposing public funding of abortion and abortion providers. we are going to dig in and we are going to fight for the principle the taxpayers should not have subbe sid diocese the largest abortion provider in the country, namely planned parenthood o
i always hear good things about planned parenthood and not from people that are necessarily on this side of the pro-choice movement either but why are they going after this group? the republicans? yeah, sure there s a couple of reasons. one is that by putting this on planned parenthood and particularly by coming down to this sort of final moment and saying we will hold up the whole thing over the question of defunding planned parenthood, it allows, if there is in fact a government shutdown, for the blame to be placed not on obstructionist republicans who are making a set of choices that the country simply cannot live with in the long term, but instead to kind of offset that blame on radical feminists who want to give people abortions. you see what happens is then the who is doing that? well, that s what happens if the government shut downs around the planned parenthood question. in other words, the issue of will you will you hold the line on this? if the president and the dem
speak for himself. he says he is willing to hold up the budget, bring down the whole government to over one issue, planned parenthood. listen to him say it. are you willing to hold this up entire budget over defunding planned parenthood? well, of course i am. i think the american people have begun to learn that the largest abortion provider in the country is also the largest recipient of federal funding under title x, and they want to see that come to an end. you know, i think there s a broad consensus in this country, regardless of where you stand on the subject of abortion, there s a broad consensus for decades now opposing public funding of abortion and abortion providers. we are going to dig in and we are going to fight for the principle the taxpayers should not have to subsidize the largest abortion provider in the country, namely planned parenthood of america. let s get to the clarity here, joan, the issue here is not funding of abortion which is outlawed under the hyde ame