Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on January 18, 2017, two days before President Obama left office, he finalized a rule and put it in place to require States--regardless of their decisions in their State--to have to use Planned Parenthood, removing the decision making from each State. In the past, it had been very straightforward. States were allowed the opportunity to be able to examine who was the best decision maker to be able to help and the best provider of care in their community for title X funding. For that family planning funding, when it occurs and when it goes through the process, the States made the decision, looked at the providers, found out who the most comprehensive provider was, who could provide the best healthcare, and they made that final decision. President Obama, two days before he left office, finalized a rule to remove that right from States and to compel each State to be able to use Planned Parenthood. States like mine and many other States said: We want to do family planning in our State. We want to have comprehensive healthcare in our State, but we do not want to provide Federal funds to the single largest provider of abortion in the country. That was a reasonable decision that our State lawmakers could make to be able to protect the lives of women in our State and to protect the lives of children for the future. That reasonable, commonsense method was removed two days before President Obama left office.…”