This video is fantastic. It’s a presentation by Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to an almost empty chamber, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t get any attention (I hope). It shows her rightfully slamming Planned Parenthood’s non-profit status as a scam and a fraud, calling it both the Lenscrafters and Wal-Mart of abortion.
The amount of money that Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization, makes is unbelievable. Why they still are tax-exempt is beyond me. Here’s the thing. For those of you who find abortion morally wrong and reprehensible, but don’t want to inflict your views on anyone else, tell me why it is you should be forced to pay for women to get abortions. Feminists are always crowing about how abortion is all about choice, but I don’t have a choice in the matter. I find abortion repugnant, and want absolutely nothing to do with funding them, but I’m forced to. It’s incredible. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood is getting record profits every year. Why are they still considered non-profit?
If abortion is going to be legal, then it isn’t something that should be taxpayer-funded, especially considering how many Americans are ardently against it. If Planned Parenthood wants to give out free or cheap abortions, then more power to them — as long as the funding isn’t coming out of my paycheck. That is a scam and a fraud just as Michele Bachmann says, and it should cease immediately.
Hat Tip: Hot Air
She’s one of my favorite members of Congress. Amazing that she started out working for Jimmy Carter!
Talulah Kumquat says: While certainly I think saving the precious preborn is of utmost importance, I’m mortified that Rep. Bachman doesn’t seem to know about the Hyde Amendment that prohibits federal money to be spent on abortion services. Planned Parenthood does many, many good things – including providing free or low cost gynecologic care to women without insurance. I myself utilized their services for my annual gyn care before I had decent insurance. Very few of their clinics actually offer abortion, so I’ve never quite understood the whole push in our movement to close down clinics that don’t offer abortion services just because they are Planned Parenthoods or the push to defund them on the federal level. Biblically speaking, Jesus asks us to care for the poor – to deny them access to affordable, quality health care seems very, very wrong.
steve says: Cassy:
You hav ewider contacts. Please push this out far and wide. We all need to get this out.
Steve
Talulah,
As a practical matter, the Hyde Amendment is irrelevant in that federal funding ends up being a cash subsidy for general use. Sure, the accountants say the money went to innocuous things like paying staff salaries or building rent, but those things would have to be paid for anyway.
yaadb says: I find religion to be repugnant, yet we have faith based initiatives, and other policies that may put my tax dollars into the Church.
How about we call it a wash?
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