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Planned Parenthood endorses Hillary Clinton, it's their 1st Primary Election endorsement in their 100-year history.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections/candidates/president/hillary-clinton/
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Hillary Clinton


Our Nation’s Best Presidential Candidate for Reproductive Rights, Hands Down

There’s no question: Hillary Clinton holds the strongest record on reproductive rights of all presidential contenders in not just this election, but in American history. She doesn’t just support women’s health — she has been a proactive leader on expanding access to women’s health care. In fact, no other 2016 candidate has shown such strong, lifelong commitment to the issues Planned Parenthood Action Fund cares about.

We live in an era where access to birth control, abortion, and services at Planned Parenthood are under unprecedented attack. With so much at stake, we can’t afford to have a president who continues these attacks — or who won’t stand strong and fight against them, no matter what.

We need Hillary Clinton, women’s health champion, in the White House.

Here is Hillary's response:

“As a lifelong Planned Parenthood supporter, I’m honored to have the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. There has never been a more important election when it comes to women’s health and reproductive rights—and Planned Parenthood’s patients, providers, and advocates across the country are a crucial line of defense against the dangerous agenda being advanced by every Republican candidate for president.

“This week was a jarring reminder of what’s at stake in 2016. For the first time ever, the United States House and Senate passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Thankfully, President Obama will exercise his veto power to stop the Republicans from cutting off women, men, and young people from vital health care services at Planned Parenthood—including cancer screenings, well-woman exams, and STI and HIV tests—and taking away health coverage from 18 million people. Any of the Republican candidates will proudly sign that bill into law if they win. We can’t let that happen.

“We need a president who has what it takes to stop Republicans from defunding Planned Parenthood and taking away a woman’s right to basic health care. If I’m elected, I will be that president. I’ve fought for women and families my entire life, and I refuse to let anyone rip away the progress we’ve made. I will defend against attacks on reproductive health care, and protect access to affordable contraception and safe and legal abortion across the country. I will fight to ensure access to reproductive health care regardless of income, national origin, race, or ZIP code. And I will be a champion for women and families—just as Planned Parenthood has been for nearly a century.”

NYTimes Article about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/fir...st-primary-endorsement-backs-hillary-clinton/

Planned Parenthood, which has become an ideological minefield in the 2016 presidential election, said Thursday that it would endorse Hillary Clinton — its first endorsement in a presidential primary in the nonprofit’s 100-year existence.

Mrs. Clinton will officially accept the group’s support Sunday at a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H. The decision to break with tradition and endorse Mrs. Clinton comes as the House has approved a measure, endorsed by the leading Republican presidential candidates, that would repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act and strip away federal financing for Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive and health care services.

“Everything Planned Parenthood has believed in and fought for over the past 100 years is on the ballot,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood.


...

The endorsement, technically made through the nonprofit’s advocacy arm, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, brings with it at least $20 million to spend in this election cycle on presidential and Senate races in crucial battleground states, including New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Other groups that support abortion rights, including NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC, have already endorsed Mrs. Clinton. But in Planned Parenthood’s case, Mrs. Clinton’s future and the group’s are intrinsically linked: Planned Parenthood needs to have a Democrat elected president to protect its funding, and Mrs. Clinton is hoping abortion rights and the Republican candidates’ positions will motivate female voters to support her.

In almost every speech, Mrs. Clinton receives some of her most rousing applause with the line: “I am for a woman’s right to choose, and I will fight against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.”

 

[RumblingRosco]

Actual question here, but isn't a portion of PP's funding from the government? Is it legal to use government funding to endorse a candidate? I apologize if this is an ignorant question, but this seems bizarre to me.

 

[davepoobond]

Actual question here, but isn't a portion of PP's funding from the government? Is it legal to use government funding to endorse a candidate? I apologize if this is an ignorant question, but this seems bizarre to me.

its not funding its reimbursement. they don't get a straight $ amount per year

they spend the money and get the money back. they wouldnt get the money if people didnt use those services the fed reimburses


a major republican argument is that it allows them to shift funds elsewhere, but its not like they are able to easily do that since they still have to spend money to provide the services that are reimbursed.

 

[ivysaur12]

This makes more sense than not.

 

[Mael]

To be fair it's not the like the other candidates are going to do anything but try to shut it down.
Yeah going to be real easy to get the woman vote, republicans...

 

[ChaosXVI]

Well, this is quite a big deal when they have never had to endorse a candidate before. But them picking Hillary is a no brainer. It was either going to be her or Bernie, and bar some insanely damaging scandal, she is going to be the democratic nominee.

 

[Hazmat]

It doesn't surprise me that as politicians increase their attacks on Planned Parenthood that PP decides to become more political. I don't think anyone is surprised that she's their pick.

 

[John Dunbar]

not surprising that baby killers would support the butcher of benghazi.

 

[LegendofLex]

its not funding its reimbursement. they don't get a straight $ amount per year

they spend the money and get the money back. they wouldnt get the money if people didnt use those services the fed reimburses

This is a really great distillation of this subject.

 

[Slayven]

I need Cheebo's opinion on this

 

[User 463088]

not surprising that baby killers would support the butcher of benghazi.

I'm going to hold out hope that this is snark, but to pretend that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than an abortion factory is a disservice to the sheer amount of amazing good work that they do to make a positive impact on women's lives and healthcare choices.

A few years ago, my mom had a breast cancer scare. All of the screenings and needed tests were paid for by Planned Parenthood. (Had she had cancer, they would have been there to help as well.) One of my best friends works for Planned Parenthood. Good endorsement for Hillary.

 

[RumblingRosco]

I'm going to hold out hope that this is snark, but to pretend that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than an abortion factory is a disservice to the sheer amount of amazing good work that they do to make a positive impact on women's lives and healthcare choices.

A few years ago, my mom had a breast cancer scare. All of the screenings and needed tests were paid for by Planned Parenthood. (Had she had cancer, they would have been there to help as well.) One of my best friends works for Planned Parenthood. Good endorsement for Hillary.

I guarantee you the post you quoted was sarcasm, just FYI.

 

[Pastry]

I'm going to hold out hope that this is snark, but to pretend that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than an abortion factory is a disservice to the sheer amount of amazing good work that they do to make a positive impact on women's lives and healthcare choices.

A few years ago, my mom had a breast cancer scare. All of the screenings and needed tests were paid for by Planned Parenthood. (Had she had cancer, they would have been there to help as well.) One of my best friends works for Planned Parenthood. Good endorsement for Hillary.

Not just women though. I'm a guy and I've gotten STD tested at planned parenthood before!

 

[RPGCrazied]

Good for them. I'm not a woman, but I do believe in choice. I say its their right.

 

[User 463088]

I guarantee you the post you quoted was sarcasm, just FYI.

I assumed. However....you can never tell anymore lol

Not just women though. I'm a guy and I've gotten STD tested at planned parenthood before!

Good point. Last time I had an STD check it was through Planned Parenthood.

 

[Dude Abides]

To be fair it's not the like the other candidates are going to do anything but try to shut it down.
Yeah going to be real easy to get the woman vote, republicans...

This is a primary endorsement though. I'm pretty sure they always endorse the dem in the general.

 

[CDX]

It doesn't surprise me that as politicians increase their attacks on Planned Parenthood that PP decides to become more political. I don't think anyone is surprised that she's their pick.

Exactly. They don't want to end up like ACORN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now

Formation 1970
Extinction 2010

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)was a collection of community-based organizations in the United States and internationally that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues
...

ACORN suffered an extremely damaging nationwide controversy beginning in the fall of 2009 after two conservative activists secretly made and released videos of staged interactions with low-level ACORN personnel in several offices, portraying them as encouraging criminal behavior. Some media publicized the videos without investigation. These videos were later found in several independent law enforcement investigations to have been partially falsified and selectively edited by the activists, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.[9] The organization suffered an immediate loss of funding from government agencies with which it had contracts, and from private donors[10][11][12] prior to the results of any investigations. Legislative amendments to spending bills in the United States House and Senate prohibited government funding of the group.

Four different independent investigations by various state and city Attorneys General and the GAO released in 2009 and 2010 cleared ACORN, finding its employees had not engaged in the alleged criminal activities and that the organization had appropriately managed its federal funding. Their reports described the videos as deceptively edited to present the workers in the worst possible light. The loss of funds had been too damaging and by March 2010, 15 of ACORN's 30 state chapters had already closed.[10] ACORN announced it was closing its remaining state chapters and disbanding.[13] Some state chapters have reorganized to continue operations under different names.

 

[vicissitudes]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

 

[Somnid]

It's literally a life or death fight at this point. It sucks you need to even politicize something like that but they aren't left with any choice.

 

[Cipherr]

Exactly. They don't want to end up like ACORN

Holy....shit

 

[User 463088]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Well, that didn't take long.

To pretend that Hillary Clinton hasn't been a better champion on reproductive rights is simply absurd. She built her career around fighting for women and children. I'm sure you can mansplain (or Bernsplain) it all to us, though. She understands the issue in a way many others simply can't. Bernie has the right votes, just like Hillary. Hillary has the right actions to back that up. There's a difference between being a good ally and being a champion for a cause. Hillary is a champion on this issue. Always has been.

 

[HylianTom]

Ha ha..

suckers. She fooled them into thinking she's into this kind of progressive thing. Boy, are they in for a rude awakening!

Spoiler

(am I doing it right?)

 

[LosDaddie]

hmm...not so sure how I feel about a non-profit enodorsing a political candidate. I certainly don't like it when churches do it.

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Also this. PP should've at least stayed out of the Dem primary race, IMO.

 

[Holmes]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Who needs salt when you could just read this post?

 

[Kwixotik]

Aren't all of the Democratic nominees on the same page as far as this issue goes? An endorsement during the primary doesn't make any sense.

 

[User 463088]

Ha ha..

suckers. She fooled them into thinking she's into this kind of progressive thing. Boy, are they in for a rude awakening!

Spoiler

(am I doing it right?)

7/10

You forgot Corporate $hrillary, faux progressive, murderer, BENGHAZZIIIIIII.

 

[minor effort]

Well, the GOP wanted to turn Planned Parenthood into a political organization through repeated and sustained partisan attacks, so in a way this sort of gives them what they want. I'm sure they'll make plenty a stink about PP's endorsement in the near future.

But the stakes are high for Planned Parenthood as an organization and their ability to carry out their duties, so I understand the urgency.

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

I'm a Bernie fan too, but posts like this are embarrassing.



Anyway, not sure why they decided to endorse during the primary, but when they only had two options and both have been strong supporters of planned parenthood I guess it doesn't really matter.

 

[Cerium]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Also this. PP should've at least stayed out of the Dem primary race, IMO.

Yes, of course it's Bernie who is the victim of sexism in this election. If only he'd been born a woman he'd have this nomination on lock.

The crazy thing is you people actually believe this shit.

 

[Africanus]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Ahh, without addressing any of the flaws of your argument.

Is the terminology "reverse-sexism" even needed? I mean, sexism exists regarding men as well, it doesn't just flip.

 

[User 463088]

Aren't all of the Democratic nominees on the same page as far as this issue goes? An endorsement during the primary doesn't make any sense.

Of course it does. A lot of organizations endorse, from labor unions to conservation groups. They want to show support for which candidate they think will best be able to support their agenda and aims. Not all Democrats are the same, nor are all Republicans the same. Hillary has made women's rights a pillar of her public service since the 70s. It's not just about voting the right way. It's about actions. She's always been a leader on this issue. She's also the only one during the debates that brought up Planned Parenthood.

Plus, it makes sense politically. If they think the only way to continue to do what they do is with a Democratic president, they want to support the candidate that is not only best on their issues but also has, in their estimation, the best chance of winning.

 

[danm999]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Not really, they spell it out for you in the OP's link.

More women's health legislation proposed during her time in the Senate than any other candidate.

Only candidate to introduce legislation for equal pay.

More support on the campaign trail for PP than any other candidate.

 

[Sai-kun]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

you should be a little embarrassed at this post tbh

 

[gutter_trash]

''During the 1940s, when contraception was a controversial and largely taboo topic, Jeb Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush, was an active supporter of Planned Parenthood, which was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921 as the American Birth Control League. In 1947, Bush served as treasurer of the group's first national fundraising campaign''

http://www.motherjones.com/politics...d-jeb-bush-wants-roll-back-his-fathers-legacy

 

[Mael]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

FFS reverse sexism?
What's next? Male genocide?

 

[Cerium]

It's almost as if Bernie could get caught stealing data from a rival campaign and still claim that he's somehow the victim oh wait.

 

[soul creator]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Spoiler

cue future threads painting this person as "all Bernie supporters"

 

[NeoXChaos]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

you are just salty.

 

[ivysaur12]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

This is embarrassing.

 

[AstroNut325]

hmm...not so sure how I feel about a non-profit enodorsing a political candidate. I certainly don't like it when churches do it.





Also this. PP should've at least stayed out of the Dem primary race, IMO.

What do you expect an entity that has been under constant and brutal political attacks to do? Pray the hostility stops?

 

[massoluk]

Good for them. There are just so many incredibly vile attacks from the Republican this organization had to go through. The government money didn't even go into abortion in the first place.

 

[User 463088]

NARAL also endorsed HIllary. I'm not sure if there was a threat about it or not.

NARAL Pro-Choice

Getting so there are fewer and fewer non oligarchical, non-reverse sexist groups everyday.

 

[sprsk]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

I hate to dogpile but

What do you expect an entity that has been under constant and brutal political attacks to do? Pray the hostility stops?

Non profits should only be involved in politics when its because they are being made the victim of a political witch hunt, obviously.

 

[commedieu]

So the take home here is...


PP is involved with Benghazi too...or..?

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

Mi`candidate...

 

[ivysaur12]

So the take home here is...


PP is involved with Benghazi too...or..?

Yes.

 

[User 463088]

I guess #FeelingtheBern means you burn every bridge you can find. Interesting strategy. Must be cold in Vermont.

 

[CoolOff]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

 

[Madness]

Well, that didn't take long.

To pretend that Hillary Clinton hasn't been a better champion on reproductive rights is simply absurd. She built her career around fighting for women and children. I'm sure you can mansplain (or Bernsplain) it all to us, though. She understands the issue in a way many others simply can't. Bernie has the right votes, just like Hillary. Hillary has the right actions to back that up. There's a difference between being a good ally and being a champion for a cause. Hillary is a champion on this issue. Always has been.

Pretty obvious you support Hillary, but I hate that you're equating 'mansplaining/bernsplaining' as a way to dismiss someone's opinion entirely.

Also, I mean it's entirely your opinion all the stuff you're saying. Saying Hillary understands these things in a way no one else can is iffy. She probably is more qualified but it almost seems like you're saying just because she's a woman she understands better than anyone else and always will.

All that said, I mean there's nothing wrong with them endorsing Hillary. They usually endorse the Democratic candidate, this is the first time they're doing it on the primary level. I wonder if this will also step up GOP efforts to defund them if they endorse Clinton.

 

[Alucrid]

Also the first time a woman candidate is heavily favored to be president. What a coincidence.

Bernie has long been advocating for women's rights, including reproductive rights, paid family leave, healthcare for mothers, and yes, expanding Planned Parenthood. But of course no one takes Bernie seriously because he is a man.

Reverse sexism at its finest.

is this what they mean when they say "feel the bern"?

 

[Cerium]

I guess #FeelingtheBern means you burn every bridge you can find. Interesting strategy. Must be cold in Vermont.

#SomeMenJustWantToWatchTheWorldBern