Ulaven_Demorte
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Although he says that if he were to become President he claims that he would defund Planned Parenthood out of one side of his mouth. he had an awful lot to say about the good work they do on FauxNews' "Hannity". perhaps he forgot who he was talking to.
On Tuesday night, the Republican presidential front-runner defended the women's health services provider in an interview on Fox News' Hannity. Trump noted that abortion was a "fairly small part" of what Planned Parenthood does and that "we have to look at the positives also for Planned Parenthood."
"They do good things," he said, interrupting interviewer Sean Hannity's question.
While Trump insisted that he's "totally against the abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood," he expressed reluctance to eliminate all federal funding for the organization, something that a number of conservative Republicans, including some of his presidential rivals, are demanding after the release of undercover videos showing some Planned Parenthood officials discussing the cost of fetal tissue for medical research.
"I've had many Republican, conservative women come up and say Planned Parenthood serves a good function, other than that one aspect," Trump said.
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Trump's solution, he said, is to "defund [Planned Parenthood] having to do with the abortions" but not the group's other services. That misses what to many Republicans is a key point: the group is already prohibited by law from using any taxpayer money to fund its abortion services. Critics of this arrangement reject the notion of a firewall; they argue that any money going to Planned Parenthood effectively bolsters its abortion clinics.
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So he wants to defund Planned Parenthood, but only the Federal tax dollars that are ALREADY prohibited from being used for abortion procedures. So in fact, he doesn't want to defund them at all, or he does, depending on who he's talking to at the time.
On Tuesday night, the Republican presidential front-runner defended the women's health services provider in an interview on Fox News' Hannity. Trump noted that abortion was a "fairly small part" of what Planned Parenthood does and that "we have to look at the positives also for Planned Parenthood."
"They do good things," he said, interrupting interviewer Sean Hannity's question.
While Trump insisted that he's "totally against the abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood," he expressed reluctance to eliminate all federal funding for the organization, something that a number of conservative Republicans, including some of his presidential rivals, are demanding after the release of undercover videos showing some Planned Parenthood officials discussing the cost of fetal tissue for medical research.
"I've had many Republican, conservative women come up and say Planned Parenthood serves a good function, other than that one aspect," Trump said.
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Trump's solution, he said, is to "defund [Planned Parenthood] having to do with the abortions" but not the group's other services. That misses what to many Republicans is a key point: the group is already prohibited by law from using any taxpayer money to fund its abortion services. Critics of this arrangement reject the notion of a firewall; they argue that any money going to Planned Parenthood effectively bolsters its abortion clinics.
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So he wants to defund Planned Parenthood, but only the Federal tax dollars that are ALREADY prohibited from being used for abortion procedures. So in fact, he doesn't want to defund them at all, or he does, depending on who he's talking to at the time.
