Political Quotes

“I am strongly opposed to the bill before us today, S. 1881, introduced by Senator Ernst. I stand in strong support of Planned Parenthood, which every year provides 2.7 million people--including over 30,000 Marylanders and one in five women--with important health care services, such as breast and cervical cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease, STD, testing and counseling, and birth control. The bill before us today does one thing. It defunds Planned Parenthood. Every year Planned Parenthood health centers receive approximately $520 million in Federal funds to provide preventive health services to 2.7 million people in the United States, including one in five women. These services include cancer screenings, STD testing and counseling, and birth control. If the Ernst bill passes, Planned Parenthood would lose that money and could no longer provide those services to women and men in need. For decades, anti-choice activists have looked for any excuse to eliminate funding to Planned Parenthood health centers because they use non-Federal funds to provide legal abortions. This time around, the excuse is that we should defund Planned Parenthood because of some misleading videos. Videos that, while uncomfortable in nature, have shown nothing illegal to date. Let us talk about what Planned Parenthood means to Maryland. In my State, Planned Parenthood is a leading provider of high-quality and affordable health care for so many women, men, and young people.…”