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Speaker Ryan Says Obamacare Repeal Will Also Defund Planned Parenthood

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;" align&equals;"center">Not only will the Obamacare repeal bill improve the healthcare system&comma; but it will also eliminate Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Planned Parenthood legislation would be in our reconciliation bill&comma;&rdquo&semi; said House speaker Paul Ryan in response to the question about if Congress would be defunding Planned Parenthood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Last year&comma; the GOP passed similar legislation but it was vetoed by President Obama&period; The bill repealed sections of Obamacare&comma; while also defunding the organization&period; <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">This was in the wake of the disturbing undercover video footage leaked revealing that Planned Parenthood not only profits off selling fetuses after performing abortions&comma; but also has questionable moral standards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">One of the videos was particularly cringe-worthy&comma; where President of the Planned Parenthood Medical Director&&num;8217&semi;s Council&comma; Mary Gatter discussed the &ldquo&semi;less crunchy&rdquo&semi; techniques to remove the fetuses to keep them better intact for selling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">However&comma; it finally looks like the organization will be losing federal funding&comma; after receiving &dollar;553 million in funding from taxpayers last year&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;The Planned Parenthood defunding measure will be attached to what is known as a budget&nbsp&semi;reconciliation&nbsp&semi;bill&comma; which is a way for the House to pass a federal budget while bypassing a Senate filibuster and limiting the amount of time the bill can be debated&period; If the reconciliation bill passes the House and a simple majority in the Senate&comma; it will go to the president&&num;8217&semi;s desk for him to sign&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">LifeSite News&period;<&sol;em> &ldquo&semi;Upcoming&nbsp&semi;budget reconciliation legislation will&nbsp&semi;include a provision to reallocate taxpayer funding away from Planned Parenthood to comprehensive health care centers&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The current Obamacare repeal bill will need to get the signature of the soon to be president Trump&comma; who is expected to sign&period; Trump pledged on his campaign trail to defund Planned Parenthood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The GOP and Ryan have been applauded for reallocating the funds from the reproductive health services organization&comma; which performs over 300&comma;000 abortions a year&period; The group consistently claims that abortion is only 3&percnt; of their entire services&comma; but 94&percnt; of their pregnancy-related services are abortion according to the Planned Parenthood&rsquo&semi; annual report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Today&rsquo&semi;s commitment by Speaker&nbsp&semi;Ryan&nbsp&semi;to re-direct the abortion giant&rsquo&semi;s taxpayer funding to community health centers is a victory for women&rsquo&semi;s health care&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Marjorie Dannenfelser&comma; president of the pro-life Susan B&period; Anthony List in a statement&period; &ldquo&semi;Community health centers provide far more services than Planned Parenthood and outnumber them 20 to 1 nationwide&period; We commend Speaker&nbsp&semi;Paul Ryan&nbsp&semi;on his continued resolve to fund women&rsquo&semi;s health care&comma; not abortion&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Planned Parenthood took this as a declaration of war&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Ok folks &&num;8211&semi; the fight is on &&num;8211&semi; Paul Ryan says defunding Planned Parenthood in first congressional bill &&num;8211&semi; going to take us all to stop&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Dawn Laguens&comma; executive vice president of Planned Parenthood&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Well&comma; the organization needs to prepare for some strong opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;We are very excited about getting to work and hitting the ground running in 2017 to put this country back on track&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Ryan following a meeting with Trump in December&period; It looks like defunding Planned Parenthood is one of the first steps on the GOP&rsquo&semi;s agenda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> While a large portion of the taxpayers believe abortion is the same as killing children&comma; tax funds should not be used to support it&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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