Dems hit Bush after comments on funding for women’s health

His comment immediately drew attention of activists and campaigners – including presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton – who called out Bush for “attacking women”.

An array of Democratic groups, eager to breathe life into the “war on women” them, also weighed in.

The Bush campaign has also sought to highlight legislation Bush signed as governor directing funds to programs for women with breast and cervical cancers and to low-income women with other illnesses.

Jeb Bush, the presidential candidate from the Republican Party, vowed on August 4 that he will close off any federal funding destined for Planned Parenthood in case he becomes the US President.

Jeb Bush, whose immigration stance has been a sticking point for conservatives, issued a policy paper on Monday, endorsing legal status for undocumented immigrants and a crackdown on “sanctuary cities”.

“With regards to women’s health funding broadly, I misspoke”, the statement read.

Romney’s penchant for out-of-context quotes gave Democrats countless opportunities to paint him as an out-of-touch plutocrat who didn’t care for the middle class. The former Florida governor raised the issue on Tuesday in an appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, where he backed the as-of-now unsuccessful efforts in Congress to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.

It wasn’t just Democrats though that jumped on the bandwagon to bash Bush’s comments. “This backward ideology isn’t only the exact opposite of what women need from their next president – it could put the health of millions of women in jeopardy”.

The series of videos, which show Planned Parenthood officials discussing fees for tissue from aborted fetuses, have enraged conservatives who say Planned Parenthood is illegally selling those organs for profit.

Jeb Bush took an off-handed jab at women’s health funding and quickly found himself in the middle of a culture clash with Hillary Clinton.

Planned Parenthood does abortions, but federal law already prohibits the government from paying for them. Last week it was reported that Bush served as a director of a philanthropy started by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that donated $50 million to reproductive health causes and paired up with Planned Parenthood for the initiative.

Clinton, running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said that was just as bad – and noted that the entire GOP field agrees with Bush.

Warren declined to address whether or not a woman sustaining an injury in a fall qualifies as a “women’s health issue”, and if so, whether or not her treatment should be covered by an employer-provided health care plan or Medicaid.