Dems Fight to Save Planned Parenthood

If you had an organization that had a 100-1 ratio of abortions to adoptions, would you call it "Planned Parenthood"?  The government-funded butcher shop is now a target of the GOP, but Dems are planning a vigorous defense:

Republicans won’t ax funding for a program that supports health organizations like Planned Parenthood without a fight, a band of Democrats said Tuesday.

Under the GOP’s current spending proposal, a program, called Title X, will be slashed completely, drastically reducing the services family-planning clinics can provide, including cancer screenings, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and contraception for low-income women, Democrats say. Last year, the program cost $317 million. Separately, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) plans to file an amendment to the spending bill that would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds. He filed a similar stand-alone bill last week.

“The Republicans want to shrink government so small that it just fits right inside our bedrooms,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) at a press conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Title X funds cannot be spent on abortions, but some clinics which receive money through the program, like Planned Parenthood, do offer the procedure. Republicans argue that federal funds indirectly fund abortions by supporting clinic operations.

Look, Rep. Schakowsky, you're free to have whatever wild monkey sex you want in your bedroom. I couldn't care less.  However, don't look to me to pay for the aftermath. You'll have to clean up your own messes, and you're welcome to pay for all of the abortions you want as long as the funds don't come from the taxpayers.