Republicans vs. Women's Health Care

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN, Muncie and Anderson folks are bat shit to vote for this guy) said on Sunday that he may not vote for the spending deal since it does not include defunding Planned Parenthood. The main battle cry on the right has been that Planned Parenthood preforms abortions and should not receive Federal funds. Sen. Jon Kyl went so far as to say that 90% of Planned Parenthood's business was abortion. His office later released this statement "[Senator Jon Kyl's] remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, an organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions." Lying is ok, huh? Well, I guess it is good they released that statement since here is what Planned Parenthood's business actually is:

I guess these Republicans prefer to ignore that there is already a law in place preventing any federal dollars from being spent on abortions. When they talk about pulling federal funds for Planned Parenthood the aim is to reduce availability of services like contraception, STD testing and treatment and cancer screenings and prevention (which, as seen above, make up the bulk of Planned Parenthood spending) and this will effect the poorest in our society, for whom Planned Parenthood may be their ONLY source of affordable healthcare.

So, it isn't about protecting fetuses, it is about making it more difficult for women to have access to basic reproductive healthcare. Anyone who doesn't think that a lot of the politicians on the right are He-Man Woman Haters (to steal a phrase from Little Rascals) needs to put down the pipe. For real. Or pick one up if you aren't smoking, cause your mind ain't right.

Don't even get me started on how crazy it is that some Republicans were/are willing to let government shut down over riders in the spending bill based on ideological beliefs. That does not show seriousness about the state of the economy..........