"A War on Women": GOP Bills Target Abortion & Family Planning. Planned Parenthood Responds. 1 of 3

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Since taking control of the House last month, Republicans have introduced several major anti-abortion bills that women's rights activists say could place severe limitations on a access not only to abortion, but complete reproductive health and family planning services.

Watch Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS2Hd-...

In an exclusive interview, Democracy Now! talks with Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which provides family planning, contraception and abortion services at more than 800 clinics and health centers across the U.S. serving more than 3 million patients a year. No federal dollars are used to fund its abortion services.

"The most ridiculous part, for those proposing these bills, is that Planned Parenthood does more to prevent unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion than any other organization in America," Richards says. "This is not what the American people voted for."

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[gypsyangell]

You didn't ask me, Bohner. My take on it is my body is mine. And you want to say something about not wanting to pay for something people find morally reprehensible? I find war morally reprehensible but they make me pay my fucking taxes anyway. You want a war on women, Bohner, you got it. Assclown.

[MrWasu24]

you can't tell me what "ought to be" my will, opinion, or right to the control of my body. This is just ridiculous. I'm not saying that I personally would get an abortion, I just don't think that the government should have any control whatsoever over MY uterus.

[CamillaCalamity]

I agree. Don't forget that there is a strong sex/violence component to the news and popular culture. They focus so much on women as victims of men, and the more disgusting and sadistic the crime the better. People seem to get off on it, I don't get why. Personally I find it infuriating, not entertaining, and it makes me want to become a kindof psychopath myself.

[CamillaCalamity]

Nobody is taking your rights away though. Men have all the legal rights that women have. The trouble is, men such as yourself have the misguided belief that in order to help men, you have to hurt women. And women will never stand for that.

[Seth Jordan]

Exactly money for an abortion comes out of the women's pocket no one elses

3% of the service done by PP is for abortion. The rest of the 97% are services for health etc

[serappia]

say no to the nazi patriarchal bastards and their anti women, highly misogynist agendas that wants to push women back to the kitchen sink and be under men's thumbs because this my friends is what they are aiming at, creating laws that undermine women's rights, they are and will use anything to achieve that wicked goal from their own man made organized religions, evil cultural practice, violence and so on, their ideals, agenda and hatred of women MUST be crashed.

[serappia]

ah the pathetic little man sent me a private message bashing women and then blocked me from reply to him you are nothing but women hater, misogynist piece of shit, get some fucking therapy as you definitely fucking need it asshole.

[serappia]

boohoo, so women don't deserve equal pay hurt men more than men hurt women etc. etc. there are men who are abuse by women but my word it's more men who abuse and kills women daily, as regarding male bashing on tv and media, are you for real? it's women who are constantly bashed far more than men, there's a constant bombardment of women in films being raped, tortured, cut into pieces and disposed like trash for you not to have 'noticed' that is simply ludicrous.

[Ell-J T.]

Women have the dam nerve to bitch,and cry about the war on women. There's been a war on men for decades with tons of male bashing,violence against men in TV,media,sictcoms,movies,TV talk shows,and commercial s,and of course real life. Also I'm a die-hard democrat,and hate the GOP,but I agree with the GOP on this issue,women don't deserve equal pay,and block the violence gainst women bill. In reality women hurt men more then men hurt women,so where the hell is a violence against men bill?

[Ell-J T.]

Women have the dam nerve to bitch,and cry about the war on women. There's been a war on men for decades with tons of male bashing,violence against men in TV,media,sictcoms,movies,TV talk shows,and commercial s,and of course real life. Also I'm a die-hard democrat,and hate the GOP,but I agree with the GOP on this issue,women don't deserve equal pay,and block the violence gainst women bill. In reality women hurt men more then men hurt women,so where the hell is a violence against me bill?