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On the recordFebruary 16, 2017
I thank Representative Black for her work on this subject. I rise today in strong support of H.J. Res. 43, a joint resolution to stop an Obama administration rule that will force States to send taxpayer dollars to abortion providers, including abortion giant Planned Parenthood. In addition to last year's shocking videos where we heard high- ranking Planned Parenthood officials use jarring language such as doing a less crunchy type of procedure to preserve body parts, we have recently learned in Pennsylvania that Planned Parenthood was using false advertising on its websites. The Pennsylvania Family Institute recently found that each Planned Parenthood affiliate in Pennsylvania does not provide prenatal services, even though all 27 Planned Parenthood locations in Pennsylvania had listed ``prenatal'' as a service on their website. After these clinics were called and asked, Do you provide prenatal services, not one had any such services to offer, but they did offer terminations. Planned Parenthood has since removed the word ``prenatal'' from their booking appointments website. They should not be receiving one dime of Federal dollars when they are actively attempting to deceive women to get them in the door. Abortion is not health care. Subsidizing the destruction of human life with Federal dollars in the name of family planning is simply unconscionable.…
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KEITH J. ROTHFUS
Pennsylvania
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Feb 16, 2017

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