Political Quotes

“Yesterday 181 Democrats wrote to Speaker Ryan to ask the Republican Select Panel to Attack Women's Health--that is what we call it--to be shut down. From the outset, this investigation has been a political weapon to punish women, doctors, and scientific researchers, not an objective, fair-minded, or fact-based search for the truth. Here are the top 10 reasons to shut down this partisan panel immediately: One: The select panel is a waste of taxpayer money. Republicans are wasting taxpayer dollars in their chasing of inflammatory allegations of anti-abortion extremists. Three Republican-led House committees, 12 States, and one grand jury have already investigated charges that Planned Parenthood was selling fetal tissue for a profit. None found any evidence of wrongdoing. Two: The select panel is an attack on women's rights. Republicans are using the panel as part of their campaign to deny women access to legal reproductive health services, including abortions--the panel comes at a time when Republicans have voted repeatedly to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides health services to over 3 million American women and men each year--to eliminate family planning services, and to restrict access to abortion. Three: The select panel is harming scientific research.…”