Ted Poe: “As Congress works to defund the nation's largest abortion provider--Planned Parenthood, Following a number of undercover…”

“As Congress works to defund the nation's largest abortion provider--Planned Parenthood, Following a number of undercover videos revealing potential baby part sales, It is only right that we allow states to defund abortion providers as well. If the governor of a state believes that funding these organizations goes against the will of the people, they should be permitted to do so. That includes funding through Medicaid. H.R. 3495, the Women's Public Health and Safety Act bill simply gives states the flexibility to do just that. Women should receive the best healthcare, But they should not be put at risk, along with their unborn children, by organizations who are driven by profit. The federal government and state governments should not be forced to have blood on their hands. We do not need to fund Planned Parenthood, which killed over 327,000 babies in 2013 alone. And states do not need to do this either. Instead, we should be sending this money to health centers that truly have the patients in mind. How many more Planned Parenthood scandals do we need before they are cut off from federal and state dollars? How many more mothers will be lied to and babies killed as a result of continued funding? Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, for that matter, must be defunded. It is our role to protect the most vulnerable among us-- Unborn children and mothers and families in crisis alike. I urge a YES vote on H.R. 3495, the Women's Public Health and Safety Act.…”