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riversedge

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Fri Mar 24, 2017, 12:31 PM Mar 2017

Planned Parenthoods President: "Its Time For Ivanka To Stand For Women"

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Source: buzzfeed




Planned Parenthood’s President: "It’s Time For Ivanka To Stand For Women"

The health care bill up for a vote in the House of Representatives Friday would defund the non-profit.
Originally posted on Mar. 24, 2017, at 8:50 a.m. Updated on Mar. 24, 2017, at 10:36 a.m.



Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards urged Ivanka Trump on Friday to step into the debate over the Republican health care bill.

The president’s daughter’s silence on the way the legislation would affect women has been “deafening,” she said, and that “it’s time for Ivanka to … stand for women.”

Ivanka is currently on a ski vacation with her family in Aspen. The bill, which would remove federal requirements to provide services like maternity care, and would block federal funding for Planned Parenthood, is scheduled to go for a vote later Friday.

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“Any woman who votes for this bill is betraying every woman in America,” she said. “Women will not just lose their healthcare, but lose their lives over this bill.”.............................

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/cecile-richards-interview-buzzfeed-news?utm_term=.yqmoRg3nX#.wh1REmDWn



Richards knows Ivanka will be silent today. Makes Ivanka look foolish.
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