understanding Planned Parenthood - thanks, alessandra!

Before reading, remember - I believe that life begins at conception.  I am pro-choice when it comes to incest or the mother's life is in danger.  Those are my beliefs.  My religion taught me from my earliest years that life begins with the first breath, not before.  

My thanks to Alessandra for expanding my take on the most recent, most stunning assault on Planned Parenthood, how closely it mirrors the taking down of ACORN through videos which were - ooops - later revealed as wildly deceptive.  The ones being used against Planned Parenthood are as well thought out & produced as the ones against ACORN were slipshod & amateur.  But they are devastating, going straight to the heart, completely bypassing the brain.  They embody the ultimate GOP meme - damn the facts, go with your gut.
  

excerpts from After ACORN, Planned Parenthood?

A campaign of lies and deceit led to the defunding of ACORN and its disappearance from the scene. Falsified and selectively edited videos gave its enemies ammunition.  How was funding cut off when Democrats were in the majority?

Fast-forward to Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. A Housing Department appropriations bill was moving through the Senate, and Republican Sen. Mike Johanns offered an amendment that was nearly word-for-word identical to the one Vitter introduced back in February, barring all federal housing funds for ACORN. This time, the ACORN-defunding amendment passed, 83-7. The winning total included 50 -- yes, 50 -- Democrats. Liberals like Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin, Charles Schumer and others who supported ACORN back in February all changed their votes to approve the cutoff of funds.

And it was.....

It was an absolutely mind-blowing turn of events, a total collapse of longtime Democratic support for ACORN. Republicans had worked for years to reduce ACORN's influence, with little success. Now, in the span of a few days, the GOP scored major victories.

For all the noise coming from the minority Democrats in both Houses and even the White House, I am less than assured for the future of Planned Parenthood.

One again lies and deceit are being used, once again the Republicans are united in hatred of an organization they have always reviled.

Many of the calls to defund have come from Republican politicians, including some of the party’s 17 presidential hopefuls now crowding the field. Planned Parenthood currently receives more than $500m in federal funding. No federal funding currently goes toward abortion care, as it is expressly forbidden by federal law.

The truth has never mattered when Republicans want to throw millions under the bus, the question has always been, do the Democrats have the will and backbone to stop them? Personally, I would not bet on it. 

Hurting the poor is easy game, defending them seems to matter little to those we have elected. Don't worry, if Planned Parenthood goes the way of ACORN no rich people will be hurt, hence the campaign war-chests will not be emptied.

Reduce their ability to vote, reduce the ability of women to have access to health care and some people still tell me there is not a war on. Well we better fight as if there is one, because 2016 may be too late to stop the losses.

I am just wondering what bipartisan bill must pass so that the defunding of Planned Parenthood can be attached to it and if the Democratic Party this time will fight it to the bitter end. I wonder what the excuses will be.