Pro-Life
Leaders Deeply Troubled by Republicans in Congress and Trump
Administration Funding Planned Parenthood in New Budget Agreement
Contact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director, Christian Defense Coalition, 540-538-4741; Brandi Swindell, CEO, Stanton Public Policy Center, 208-867-1307
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2017 /Christian Newswire/
-- Groups call Republicans in Congress and the Trump Administration
funding Planned Parenthood in new budget agreement a betrayal of
America's children, women who have been exploited by Planned Parenthood
and the pro-life community that helped elect President Trump and a
Republican majority in Congress.
You don't make "America Great Again," by funding an organization that destroys 323,000 innocent lives every year.
Planned Parenthood is the largest
abortion provider in the world and has faced blistering congressional
hearings on the sale of baby body parts.
Leaders call upon Congress to insert
defund language in the budget agreement before a vote this week or
defund Planned Parenthood in a new health care agreement.
It would simply be impossible for
Republicans to claim the label of being "pro-life" if they voted to
give hundreds of millions of dollars to the largest abortion provider
in the world.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the
Christian Defense Coalition and Pastor of Church on the Hill in
Washington, D.C., states;
"It is deeply troubling that the
Republican led Congress and the Trump Administration has proposed a
budget that will give the largest abortion provider in the world
hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. This is a betrayal
of America's children, women exploited by abortion and the pro-life
community who worked countless hours and gave millions of dollars to
help Mr. Trump get elected. Clearly funding the largest abortion
provider in the world is not making 'America Great Again.'
"We call upon Congress to insert
language into the budget proposal that would immediately defund Planned
Parenthood. Sadly, if that doesn't happen, then we plead with Congress
to defund Planned Parenthood in new health care legislation."
Brandi Swindell, CEO and Founder of Stanton Healthcare, adds;
"As a woman who has founded
clinics that provide quality health care to women with unexpected
pregnancies, I am deeply saddened by the new budget proposal that funds
Planned Parenthood. This legislation is clearly anti-women as it
provides money to an organization that treats women as a commodity and
does not provide complete women's health care. Planned Parenthood is
also an organization that takes the lives of 320,000 innocent children
every year.
"My hope would be that Congress
would change the language in this proposed budget and remove all
funding for Planned Parenthood. If that doesn't happen, we call upon
Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood in any new health care
legislation and give those resources to federally licensed clinics that
provide far more comprehensive women's services. President Trump and
Republican members of Congress, please do the right thing and defund
Planned Parenthood."
For more information or interviews please contact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney at 540.538.4741 Brandi Swindell at 208.867.1307
