Bobby J. sums it up

08/13/15 update - seems that in Bobby Jindal's Louisiana, Planned Parenthood provides only female & reproductive health services. 


“In recent weeks, it has been shocking to see reports of the alleged activities taking place at Planned Parenthood facilities across the country. Planned Parenthood does not represent the values of the people of Louisiana and shows a fundamental disrespect for human life.  It has become clear that this is not an organization that is worthy of receiving public assistance from the state.”

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, announcing the state is terminating its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood.

 

Based on alleged activities, its failure to represent the values of the people of Louisiana & a fundamental disrespect for handling fetal tissue  human life, and because the two Planned Parenthood clinics in Louisiana are unworthy of receiving public assistance from the state.  

Yep, that just about sums up the effectiveness of defunding the reviled organization.  Leaves Planned Parenthood's ability to provide abortions in Louisiana totally intact - the Hyde Amendment already bans any federal $$ - while it guts their ability to provide non-abortion related care covered under Medicaid, the care that accounts for 95% of provided services. 

 

Of special interest - at least to me - was Gov. Jindal's statement that, “In recent weeks, multiple videos have surfaced showing Planned Parenthood ... employees describing how they actively engage in illegal partial birth abortion procedures and conduct these abortions in a manner that leaves body parts intact so that they can later be sold on the open market."

Two points - if Planned Parenthood was doing partial birth abortions, it would be headline news across the country.  And he doesn't mention that the "multiple videos" are from the same source, are openly heavily edited to maximize shock value.

My question - was it mere happenstance that Gov. Jindal made this particular announcement just before the final polls deciding who makes the cut for Thursday's first GOP Presidential debate?  

 

I'm not sure how Gov. Jindal ranks today in the polls, but I know how Louisiana ranks among states...

• #1 for HIV cases in people ages 13 to 24
• 2nd for gonorrhea 
• 4th for chlamydia infections
• 8th highest teen birth rate
• and New Orleans consistently lands in the top 5 cities nationwide for STDs