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misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 06:46 PM Jul 2015

EMILY'S LIST: "Congress may vote on defunding Planned Parenthood as soon as this week."

Well, that was quick. Congress may vote on defunding Planned Parenthood as soon as this week.

This vote is fueled by the misleading videos that made headlines last week, just like we thought. The videos are deceptively edited to smear Planned Parenthood, and they're an underhanded attempt to deface one of the largest women's health care providers in the country.

Attacks — and bills — like these are the very reason our work matters. Our women in Congress will be taking a stand against this attack. And we need more like them to stop bills like this from ever getting a vote.


Smear campaigns designed to deface and shame institutions like Planned Parenthood are bad enough. But it's downright offensive that our Republican-led Congress is using this campaign as leverage for a vote to defund the organization.

Republicans need to know we won't stand for this and that we're not going to let them win this fight. In fact, we're going to make sure we send even more pro-choice Democratic women to Congress so that in the future, these bills won't even make it to the floor.


Thanks for standing with us,

EMILY's List

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EMILY'S LIST: "Congress may vote on defunding Planned Parenthood as soon as this week." (Original Post) misterhighwasted Jul 2015 OP
This is not tolerable. Has to be a line drawn at some point over something, if we arent AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #1
I seriously hate these people marym625 Jul 2015 #2

AllFieldsRequired

(489 posts)
1. This is not tolerable. Has to be a line drawn at some point over something, if we arent
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 06:52 PM
Jul 2015

willing to do it over black people being killed at will by police and others, will we do it over this?

marym625

(17,997 posts)
2. I seriously hate these people
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 07:03 PM
Jul 2015

Hate. They're so filled with self that nothing else matters to them. Nothing.

Hate

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