Chris Matthews Rants Over Republicans ‘Killing’ Birth Control, ‘Playing Politics With Women’s Health’
Hardball host Chris Matthews on Wednesday frothed that Republicans who want to defund Planned Parenthood are out to “kill” birth control and are “playing politics with women's health.” The MSNBC anchor railed against GOP efforts against the organization, speculating, “Why would you get rid of birth control?” Matthews defended Planned Parenthood, saying the issue isn't abortion, just a group “which I understand to be helpful in terms of women, health screening, poor women especially who wouldn't normally have a good doctor.” Teasing the segment, he piled on: ” Why are Republicans playing politics with women's health ?” During another preview, Matthews smeared, ” The Republicans are not happy with just cutting spending for old people. They want to get rid of birth control help, which baffles me if you're against abortion .” Yet, as former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson explained in the April 4, 2011 edition of The Hill , abortion is central to Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood’s bottom line is numbers. And, with abortion as its primary money-maker, that means implementing a quota. I know this is true because I worked at one of their Texas clinics for 8 years, two as the clinic director. Though 98 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services to pregnant women are abortion, Planned Parenthood and its political allies have sworn up and down that taxpayer dollars do not to pay for abortion. But of course they do. Planned Parenthood gets one-third of its entire budget from taxpayer funding and performed more than 650,000 abortions between 2008 and 2009.
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