Senate blocks Republican bill to cut aid for abortion provider, setting up

That support was demonstrated in a bill to update programs at the National Institutes of Health.

Social conservatives, marginalized over gay marriage, have been looking for every opportunity they can to put forward their antiabortion agenda, a core value for them.

“I simply cannot believe that in the year 2015, the US Senate would be spending its time trying to defund women’s health care centres”. “They don’t care about fetal tissue research”, she says of the groups targeting the organization. McCaskill agreed that the videos were disturbing, but she added that “that’s not the point”.

Almost 20 years ago, graphic descriptions and depictions of “partial-birth abortion” roiled Congress and the presidential election.

When abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court, I was a student at Notre Dame.

Abortion’s battle lines are clear for some politicians but dicey for many.

NBC and the Wall Street Journal conducted a poll asking 1,000 American adults if they viewed Planned Parenthood in a positive light, and 45 percent said they did, while 20 percent were neutral.

Abortion services are not now offered by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast at its New Orleans or Baton Rouge locations.

That means Planned Parenthood receives the lion’s share of $7.6M federal money earmarked for reproductive health, according to figures provided by the Family Planning Association of New Jersey.

Republicans say that transfer would enable women to continue receiving the health care they need because Planned Parenthood’s almost 700 clinics are far outnumbered by other providers. The poll was taken more than a week after the first video was released by the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion group. These programs help women donate fetal tissue for medical research to find treatment and cures for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Abortion is an uncomfortable topic, even for many of us who support a woman’s right to choose.

The Republicans’ efforts have intensified America’s long-running debate about abortion just as the 2016 presidential campaign is getting under way. “Planned Parenthood makes zero profit on any fetal tissue donations”, Richards said. There are multiple investigations already underway to determine if there has been wrongdoing. “Women deserve better, and our country deserves better”. Mark Kirk (R-IL) was the only Republican opposed to the bill who joined Democrats in the filibuster. So some money can change hands – just not too much.

Up to date 6:33 p.m. | Deliberate Parenthood funding will proceed regardless of outrage – principally from Republicans – over movies displaying officers discussing the sale of aborted physique elements.

Three Republican senators seeking the nomination, Texas’ Ted Cruz, Kentucky’s Rand Paul and Florida’s Marco Rubio, voted on Monday in favor of advancing the bill to defund Planned Parenthood.

Stung by past government shutdowns that voters have blamed on Republicans, GOP leaders have shown no interest in another one this fall. “Including forcing a government shutdown this fall”.

We moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. Income from abortion, and the lucrative market for selling human flesh and body parts, has ripped off Planned Parenthood’s cover.