Donald Trump: I would shut down government over Planned Parenthood

Conservatives were accusing Democrats of voting to protect taxpayer funds for an organization whose campaign contributions tilt lopsidedly to Democratic candidates.

That’s when lawmakers will consider legislation keeping government agencies open after their budgets expire October 1.

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., has said he expects to get several dozen signatures on a letter opposing any spending bill containing money for Planned Parenthood, and some GOP senators, including Cruz, Paul and others, have voiced similar sentiments. So did Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who voted with victorious Democrats because it will let him force a fresh vote later. Sen.

A fifth video from an anti-abortion group that has published recordings of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the transfer and price of fetal tissue is being released Tuesday, according to the group. As in previous videos, the official describes how her clinic retrieves tissue and technicians pick through fetal organs – including what looks like a small arm – in lab dishes.

The controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood has become a rallying call for Republican presidential contenders, and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has called the videos “disturbing.” He’d earlier sent questions to Planned Parenthood headquarters and asked the Justice Department about its enforcement of related laws.

South Carolina House Republicans are seeking an audit of Planned Parenthood clinics in the state as Congress considers cutting off federal funding to the abortion provider. That was seven short of the 60 votes needed to keep the measure moving toward passage.

Republicans expected to lose but envisioned political gain because the videos have fired up their core conservative, anti-abortion voters.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican candidate for president, is ending the state’s Medicaid agreement with Planned Parenthood. A vote not to defund Planned Parenthood says more about the senators who voted against this bill than it says about Planned Parenthood itself.

“As a parent, and now a grandparent, I find these actions unthinkable”, Perdue said after the vote.

“While some extreme Republicans may continue to insist on shutting down the government in order to deny health care, including birth control, to millions of women, that is a fight the American people have zero appetite for and a fight these extremists will not win”, Richards said in a statement. During Monday’s debate, they sounded a theme they have employed in recent elections, characterizing the GOP drive as an assault on health care for women.

Planned Parenthood says it gives fetal tissue to researchers only with a mother’s advance consent and in fewer than five states.

Republicans are likely to try again in September to stop Planned Parenthood from getting federal funds, which now amounts to more than $500 million a year.