President Obama is known for his staunch support of abortion and has routinely attended events hosted by Planned Parenthood to help push the group’s radical agenda.
Well, with President Obama’s days in office being numbered, he has decided to give the abortion group a massive gift that should have pro-lifers across the country worried!
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a final rule that would bar states from “withholding federal family-planning from Planned Parenthood affiliates and other health clinics that provide abortions.”
This announcement comes on the heels of President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to revoke any and all federal funding that Planned Parenthood receives to kill innocent babies.
The Obama administration bars states from withholding federal money from Planned Parenthood https://t.co/IB3XyZsg9d pic.twitter.com/iPWir2RabZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 14, 2016
From The New York Times:
The rule was proposed three months ago, when many Democrats assumed the next president would be Hillary Clinton; she presumably would have promoted the rule’s completion if it were still pending. It requires that state and local governments distribute federal funds for services related to contraception, sexually transmitted infections, fertility, pregnancy care, and breast and cervical cancer screening to qualified health providers, regardless of whether they also perform abortions.
Mr. Trump has sent mixed messages on Planned Parenthood’s work, supporting its health-related services other than abortion. Yet with backing from Republican leaders in Congress, he has indicated he will undo many Obama administration rules and regulations, especially last-minute additions. In this case, however, unraveling the new rule would first require a time-consuming legislative process, according to lawyers at the Department of Health and Human Services.
The department initiated the rule-making effort in September after more than a dozen Republican-dominated states in recent years had moved to “defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking clinics from receiving public money. Those funds included so-called Title X money — named for the federal family-planning program — as well as Medicaid reimbursements for treating low-income patients.
Democrats have made funding of Planned Parenthood a national priority, going so far as to threaten to shut down the government if the abortion giant receives less or no taxpayer money in the budget.
If Trump plans on staying true to his campaign promises, he should revoke this last-minute Obama rule and allow states to decide for themselves whether or not they want to fund abortion in their budgets.
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