Today was International Women’s Day. The perfect day in the Trump era to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of women’s healthcare.
Let’s hope there’s generous funding in Republicans’ new health-care bill to prevent and cure tone-deafness.
“Wednesday was International Women’s Day, and to observe this annual commemoration House Republicans formally took up their legislation defunding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of health services for women.
“House Speaker Paul Ryan, at a news conference Wednesday morning, boasted about ending the funding of Planned Parenthood, listing it as one of the things “we’ve been dreaming about doing.” And what better time to make this dream come true than on International Women’s Day, on the eighth day of Women’s History Month?
“This could be the beginning of a new legislative style in Congress:
Bills to “build the wall” could be marked up on Cinco de Mayo.
The Iranian nuclear deal could be scrapped later this month on Nowruz.
Plans to cut military assistance to Europe could be rolled out on D-Day.
“It’s enough to give new meaning to National Awkward Moments Day — observed on March 18. President Trump, in a morning tweet, marked International Women’s Day by hailing women as “vital to the fabric of our society.”
“But that’s not quite the message his administration and its allies in Congress have been sending. Women’s rights activists held a strike and protests Wednesday, declaring it “A Day Without a Woman.” In the Trump White House, it must often feel like that kind of day — and not only because Melania is in New York.”
Diane Ravitch's blog 
This administration is not only anti-woman, it’s anti-human. After Trump and his vampires are done, the environment will be savaged and decimated. Pollution and toxic waste?? Full speed ahead to armageddon. Pruitt’s EPA will put a stop to longterm fuel-economy and emissions standards locked in by the previous White House.
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Diane,
Didn’t Trump offer Planned Parenthood to fund them completely and possibly even raise the funding — IF they forgo abortions? I know he accepted the abortion issue prior to 2011 but stated during campaign his pro-life stance…he keeps his word but offers negotiation
From the NY TIMES Trump tells Planned Parenthood its funding can stay if abortion goes
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/planned-parenthood.html –
“But the outreach to allies of Planned Parenthood is a glimpse of the internal struggle inside a White House torn between trying to satisfy the conservative base that elected President Trump and responding to the views of his daughter Ivanka Trump, who urged her father to tread carefully on the Planned Parenthood issue during the Republican primary contest.
Ms. Trump has no formal role in the administration, but as an informal adviser she has made women’s issues a focus. She has had a mixed record of success in the administration’s early days, but during the campaign, she was able to nudge Mr. Trump toward a nuanced view of Planned Parenthood’s work.
Mr. Trump confirmed the discussions in a statement on Monday to The New York Times.
“As I said throughout the campaign, I am pro-life and I am deeply committed to investing in women’s health and plan to significantly increase federal funding in support of nonabortion services such as cancer screenings,” he said. “Polling shows the majority of Americans oppose public funding for abortion, even those who identify as pro-choice. There is an opportunity for organizations to continue the important work they do in support of women’s health, while not providing abortion services.”
“Indeed, Mr. Trump made similar statements as a candidate, putting him at odds with other Republicans in a primary race characterized by conservative views.
“In private discussions with people close to Planned Parenthood, White House officials have suggested that there could even be an increase in federal earmarks if the work related to abortion ends.
“At various points during the campaign, Mr. Trump spoke favorably of the work of Planned Parenthood, even while saying he would support withdrawing its funding if abortions continued.
“Millions and millions of women — cervical cancer, breast cancer — are helped by Planned Parenthood,” he said in February 2016 at a debate hosted by CNN. “I would defund it because I’m pro-life, but millions of women are helped by Planned Parenthood.”
I add the following for your “tickle” and “humor” Cultural Marxism and the Red International Women’s Day
http://canadafreepress.com/article/cultural-marxism-and-the-red-international-womens-day
“On this international day I noticed that “Global civic demonstrations as practiced by young and compass-less anarchist hordes have become the latest expression of cultural Marxism, an “unseen plague which corrupted America” and now threatens the rest of the western world, including small, formerly communist countries that allegedly overcame Soviet satellite status.
“To understand why I use the term “allegedly,” you must understand the nostalgia of older generations, for the good ole simple days of communism, the longing for the days when they were dependent on the meager rations doled out to them monthly by the communist party apparatchiks in order to keep them compliant and willing to be subjected to the utopia of “communist freedom,” a form of mental and physical enslavement.”
and a second background reference:
International Women’s Day
http://www.regroupment.org/main/page_iwd.html
“International Women’s Day was first celebrated in Russia in 1913 where it was widely publicized in the pages of the Bolshevik newspaper, Pravda, and popularized by speeches in numerous clubs and societies controlled by Bolshevik organizations which presented a Marxist analysis of women’s oppression and the program for emancipation.
“The following year the Bolsheviks not only agitated for International Women’s Day in the pages of Pravda (then publishing under the name Put’ Pravdy), but also made preparations to publish a special journal dealing with questions of women’s liberation in Russia and internationally. It was called Rabotnitsa (The Working Woman), and it’s first issue was scheduled to appear on International Women’s Day, 1914 (see “How the Bolsheviks Organized Working Women: History of the the Journal Rabotnitsa,” Women and Revolution No. 4, Fall 1973).”
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I believe (?) that Federal Funds do not cover the cost of abortions at Planned Parenthood…..but…..the state and grant/donor dollars kick in the funding for that part of Planned Parenthood. It’s why the Fed gov’t can say that it doesn’t pay for abortions. I think they want PP to say no more abortions period! then the Trump administration will fund for the healthcare portion. In MD, the state legislators are already discussing what to do if PP is not funded and they have to find funds to keep it open.
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Can’t help but wonder how many abortions Trump has paid for. For decades he bragged about his dissolute lifestyle.
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The media headlines should have included Trumps tweet “honoring” women in juxtaposition to the harsh facts that Planned Parenthood is being defunded. The final component should have included what services get cut back and how this effects women’s health! Not sure I saw that “article”… did I miss something? The media has to do better and lay out the realities … which under the Trump administration are 99.9% different from what is officially claimed.
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“On Jan. 23, two days after the huge Women’s March in the nation’s capital and other cities, Trump signed an executive order reinstating the global gag rule denying international funding to any organization that discusses abortion, even if the group doesn’t perform abortions. A photo of the signing showed Trump surrounded by men.”
So, the distribution of federal funds to international programs is tied to shutting down speech about abortion, not just the deed.
This is what America First means under Bannon/Trump. It means imposing a speech code that is “politically correct” according to Bannon/Trump– the guys who are famous for dumping politically correct speech.
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The DUMP is a royal (fill in the blanks).
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