hour. a bit earlier in the month he said the v.a. is considering plans to shut more than 1,000 v.a. centers across the country as that faces deep challenges to improved care for americans. president trump calling for 6% increase in the v.a. budget. that news conference starts in 45 minutes. 11:30 a.m. eastern time. i don t think this is an either-or issue. i think you can defund planned parenthood and that s what needs to happen. there are plenty of avenues and areas for women to go for women s healthcare. most of the stuff planned parenthood says they need to do they don t do anyway. they do know unequivocally it s wrong to use taxpayer dollars to fund planned parenthood. shannon: republican lawmakers repeatedly push to defund planned parenthood. the report is out after a four month delay showing a jump in both government funding and abortions. let s bring in mercedes schlapp, g.o.p. strategist, former spokeswoman for george w. bush and leslie marshall syndicated radio
u.s.a. today poll says 65% of americans don t want federal funding for planned parenthood cut off. um-huh. and half the country is against abortion. is when i saw that only 29% of americans want it cut off. i m going a, there is no reap for it because it s redundant with obama cower. b, it s a grizzly outfit whether you agree with that or not the proof is there. c, why do you want monday going to them when they don t need it. and you say. they have been popular organization precisely because they have billed themselves as this plus that provides women s healthcare. you don t think people have caught up with this yet. i don t think so. they only talk about how 3% of their services are abortion. is he sill richards admitted something like 89% of the revenues come from abortion, right? abortion. i think a lot of people hear that so they associate planned parenthood not with abortion. they associate it with health services. the final thing is, we are not looking to put
u.s.a. today poll says 65% of americans don t want federal funding for planned parenthood cut off. um-huh. and half the country is against abortion. is when i saw that only 29% of americans want it cut off. i m going a, there is no reap for it because it s redundant with obama cower. b, it s a grizzly outfit whether you agree with that or not the proof is there. c, why do you want monday going to them when they don t need it. and you say. they have been popular organization precisely because they have billed themselves as this plus that provides women s healthcare. you don t think people have caught up with this yet. i don t think so. they only talk about how 3% of their services are abortion. is he sill richards admitted something like 89% of the revenues come from abortion, right? abortion. i think a lot of people hear that so they associate planned parenthood not with abortion. they associate it with health services. the final thing is, we are not looking to put
interactions with iran long with her focus on women s rights. women s healthcare has been a major topic on the campaign trail. carly fiorina was just one of the candidates passionate about ending the government s funding of planned parenthood at all costs. i dare hillary clinton, barack obama, to watch these tapes, watch a fully formed fetus on the table. its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. this is about the character of our nation. and if we will not stand up and force president obama to veto this bill, shame on us. earlier today the house voted to defund the organization, an effort that is expected to be blocked by senate democrats. hillary clinton took on the republican efforts to defund planned parenthood at a campaign stop today in new hampshire. all of the candidates on that stage are in favor of defunding planned parenthood. and i vigorously disagree with
he cares about issues that matter to single women. he cares about abortion. bill: like what. women s healthcare. bill: wait, wait, wait. when you say obama, president obama cares about abortion. what does that mean? that he cares about having a lot of abortions? making abortions easier? what does he care about? he supports not putting restrictions on a woman s right to choose. bill: so he supports in your mind and you are a single woman, the president supports unfettered abortion. you don t want any circumstance, any time, any place, we will take you to the clinic and pay for it and that s why you like him. it s not about unfettered abortion, bill and you know that. bill: i don t know that. it s about a woman s right to choose. bill: you have the right to choose and you can get an abortion. all that s in play is are there any going to be any restrictions. counseling? are you going to have to look at a sonogram. restrictions like what? like requiring women to undergo