Thread: BREAKING: U.S. House votes to overturn Obama regulation forcing states to fund Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 230 to 188 today to overturn former President Obama’s "eleventh hour" HHS rule forcing states to give Title X money to organizations that commit abortions.

Title X money comes from the government to fund "family planning services," but technically not abortion.

Before he left office, Obama pushed through an HHS regulation that essentially forces states to give Planned Parenthood Title X funding. Under this rule, states must give Planned Parenthood or abortionists Title X grants and may not choose to redirect those funds to comprehensive healthcare clinics.

Planned Parenthood is the nation's largest abortion provider. It commits more than 300,000 abortions annually.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins called the Obama HHS regulation a "backdoor handout for the abortion industry."

But thanks to the Congressional Review Act, Congress may overturn such agency regulations within 60 legislative days. Only 51 Senate votes are needed now that it has passed the House.

Rep. Diane Black, R-TN, introduced H.J. Res. 43 to overturn what pro-life groups call the Obama administration's "parting gift" to Planned Parenthood.

On February 14, Planned Parenthood sent an email to supporters warning that if the House voted to overturn Obama's HHS rule, it would be a "devastating attack" for them. It will "embolden extremist politicians to block" funding to "a health center just because that center also provides safe, legal abortion," Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards wrote.

Black said letting states have the right to not give Title X grants to groups that commit abortions "shouldn't be" a partisan issue.

"You don’t have to be [pro-life] to support this resolution," said Black. "You just have to support the 10th Amendment."

"We are not voting to defund Planned Parenthood in any way, shape, or form," she continued. "We are not voting to cut Title X funding. And we are not voting to restrict abortion rights."

"Without this bill, states would be forced to fund the abortion industry by federal bureaucrats," said Rep. Luke Messer, R-IN.

Two abortion-supporting Democratic Congresswomen used language about protecting the vulnerable when arguing in favor of the pro-abortion rule.

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY, said that allowing states to opt out of funding Planned Parenthood through Title X would harm the "neediest Americans."

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-CO, called H.J. Res. 43 "another bill that threatens access to family planning care for millions of our most vulnerable citizens."

"Just this afternoon, I read a quote. And here’s what it said: 'Patients and doctors should be making the big decisions, not government bureaucrats.' Who said this?"asked DeGette. "Margaret Sanger? No. Cecile Richards? No. Hillary Clinton? No. The person who said this this afternoon is the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. I couldn’t agree with him any more."

Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood. She supported racism and eugenics...

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Astounding to me that president Obama believed the federal government had that right to dictate that to states....

Now get it on through the Senate...quick!

Abortion is straight from the pit of Hell, as evil as it gets...

Yeah, that's how I gauge any politician... if they support abortion, then they are going to screw up a lot of stuff since they don't get that life is sacred and a gift from the Lord.

Originally Posted by Quest

Astounding to me that president Obama believed the federal government had that right to dictate that to states....

Now get it on through the Senate...quick!

Abortion is straight from the pit of Hell, as evil as it gets...

Did they defund the baby killers yet???