Showdown looms over abortion $$

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/08/showdown_looms_over_abortion

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Cardinal Sean O’Malley

Showdown looms over abortion $$
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Owen Boss

An anti-abortion group 
remains under a court order blocking the release of more 
secret recordings of Planned Parenthood executives, after a San Francisco judge extended the ban yesterday, while a Republican-backed effort to defund the abortion provider fell seven votes short in the Senate — setting the stage for a potential government shutdown this fall.

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Prior to the vote, Cardinal Sean O’Malley called on senators to withhold federal dollars from the “nation’s largest abortion network.”

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“A vote to defund (Planned Parenthood) is a vote to defund cancer screenings & birth control & basic health care for millions of women,” Warren tweeted.
“Women have lived through a world where backward-looking ideologues tried to interfere in basic health decisions, & we’re not going back.”

The Bay State’s U.S. Sen. Edward Markey also weighed in on Twitter, posting a picture highlighting that “one in five women receives care from Planned Parenthood in her lifetime,” with the caption, “Fact: #GOP wants to shut down the federal govt to block funding for women’s healthcare. #StandwithPP.”