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Arizona bans funding of Planned Parenthood
(CNN) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said.
“This is a common sense law that tightens existing state regulations and closes loopholes in order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortions, whether directly or indirectly,” the governor said in a statement.
“By signing this measure into law, I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the use of taxpayer funds for abortion,” Brewer said.
Kansas, North Carolina and Texas have enacted similar legislation, while Indiana, New Jersey and Wisconsin have used their budget processes to bar funding for abortion providers, according to her office.
Before Brewer signed the bill into law, the political arm of Planned Parenthood Arizona slammed the measure, which it says will put the health of thousands at risk.
Besides operating clinics where abortions are performed, Planned Parenthood provides a range of health services including cancer screenings, birth control, vaccinations, sexual health education and health counseling.
“Many in the legislature will never know what it’s like to feel a lump in their breast and have to worry about the cost of a doctor’s visit,” said Bryan Howard, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Arizona.
“This is the reality with which many Arizona women are faced, at the hands of a legislature determined to reduce access to prevention care while pursuing its ideological political agenda,” he said.
Gov. Jan Brewer said she stands “with the majority of Americans” who she says oppose taxpayer-funded abortions.
So, basically, this is yet another case of political figures not understanding Planned Parenthood and only seeing them as “abortion clinics” thanks to their sensitive moral and religious stances on the topic.
And, terrifyingly enough, it’s a case of a woman joining the war against women. It honestly horrifies me that there are people out there who don’t believe that the GOP is indeed waging a war on women. It makes me feel small and frightened because according to those people, I deserve to have my rights and my individual autonomy stripped away. According to the rich, white, primarily conservative males, we deserve to lose this war.
Is this woman serious??? She’s barring funding from one of the most important providers of women’s health services to underinsured or underprivileged women. Where are those women supposed to turn if Planned Parenthood can no longer provide for them?! These states are making a HUGE [and expensive] mistake.
this is just awful.
I hate this state. Again.
just when you think Arizona can’t possibly be worse](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3kw1dA88v1qbbesyo1_500.png)
Arizona bans funding of Planned Parenthood
(CNN) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said.
“This is a common sense law that tightens existing state regulations and closes loopholes in order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortions, whether directly or indirectly,” the governor said in a statement.
“By signing this measure into law, I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the use of taxpayer funds for abortion,” Brewer said.
Kansas, North Carolina and Texas have enacted similar legislation, while Indiana, New Jersey and Wisconsin have used their budget processes to bar funding for abortion providers, according to her office.
Before Brewer signed the bill into law, the political arm of Planned Parenthood Arizona slammed the measure, which it says will put the health of thousands at risk.
Besides operating clinics where abortions are performed, Planned Parenthood provides a range of health services including cancer screenings, birth control, vaccinations, sexual health education and health counseling.
“Many in the legislature will never know what it’s like to feel a lump in their breast and have to worry about the cost of a doctor’s visit,” said Bryan Howard, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Arizona.
“This is the reality with which many Arizona women are faced, at the hands of a legislature determined to reduce access to prevention care while pursuing its ideological political agenda,” he said.
Gov. Jan Brewer said she stands “with the majority of Americans” who she says oppose taxpayer-funded abortions.
So, basically, this is yet another case of political figures not understanding Planned Parenthood and only seeing them as “abortion clinics” thanks to their sensitive moral and religious stances on the topic.
And, terrifyingly enough, it’s a case of a woman joining the war against women. It honestly horrifies me that there are people out there who don’t believe that the GOP is indeed waging a war on women. It makes me feel small and frightened because according to those people, I deserve to have my rights and my individual autonomy stripped away. According to the rich, white, primarily conservative males, we deserve to lose this war.
Is this woman serious??? She’s barring funding from one of the most important providers of women’s health services to underinsured or underprivileged women. Where are those women supposed to turn if Planned Parenthood can no longer provide for them?! These states are making a HUGE [and expensive] mistake.
this is just awful.
I hate this state. Again.
just when you think Arizona can’t possibly be worse
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD, YOU SLUTTY SLUT. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM TODAY? YOU WANT A SLUTTY MAMMOGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU’VE GOT SLUTTY BREAST CANCER? JUST KIDDING, OF COURSE. YOU’RE HERE FOR AN ABORTION BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT’S MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN THAT LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL PROCEDURES ARE ABORTION, EVERYONE STILL BELIEVES THAT ALL WE DO IS GET RID OF YOU AND YOUR ARMY OF HIPPIE BOYFRIENDS’ SLUTTY MISTAKES, YOU BIG OLD SLUT, YOU.
SLUTEVER, AM I RIGHT? TAKE A SEAT OVER THERE AND WE’LL SEND SOMEONE OUT TO DO A PROVOCATIVE SEX DANCE BEFORE WE GIVE YOU SOME NUDIE MAGS AND NIPPLE TASSELS. I HOPE YOU DON’T HAVE ANY LEGITIMATE HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE THAT WOULD RUIN OUR NONSTOP SLUT PARTY.
NEXT, PLEASE.
(via ohgollyitslollie)
![Guess what: Maggie Gyllenhaal is a badass.
In the linked-to article, she chastises opponents of Planned Parenthood and basically tells everyone to leave women’s bodies alone.
The article is a bite-size version of Gyllenhaal’s great opinion piece that ends with probably the best motto for any movement: “I know when my children are older, I will be taking them to events like the [Planned Parenthood rally] I went to with my mom. I hope we’ll be celebrating our freedoms and rights, not fighting for them once again as we are now.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyrgjjxHJ1qa9htqo1_500.jpg)
Guess what: Maggie Gyllenhaal is a badass.
In the linked-to article, she chastises opponents of Planned Parenthood and basically tells everyone to leave women’s bodies alone.
The article is a bite-size version of Gyllenhaal’s great opinion piece that ends with probably the best motto for any movement: “I know when my children are older, I will be taking them to events like the [Planned Parenthood rally] I went to with my mom. I hope we’ll be celebrating our freedoms and rights, not fighting for them once again as we are now.”
