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Gee the Vice President doesnt "count that much". So, pick a racist homophobe mysogynist as a choice then. What does it matter?

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) is outraged about the undercover "sting" videos targeting Planned Parenthood, and wants to use the footage as ammunition to strip all federal funding from country's largest provider of reproductive health care. He took a minute to speak on the floor of the house yesterday about the videos, produced by the anti-abortion group LiveAction.

"As a father of two teenage daughters, I see the video that came out this morning, I see the video that came out last week, and it's an outrage to me that employees of Planned Parenthood clinics across the country are facilitating the abuse of minor girls in this country," he said. "It should be a scandal to every American."

He called the behavior of Planned Parenthood employees "abhorrent," and characterized the latest video as evidence that employees were willing to assist pimps in securing secret abortions, STD testing and contraception for child prostitutes.

Posted - August 1, 2016

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  • 34297
    Wanting to prevent abuse of young women by pimps and PP is not racist, misogynist or homophobic.
      August 1, 2016 1:01 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    I know!

    Why Hillary picked Tim Kaine as a running mate is truly a puzzlement . . .

      August 1, 2016 1:55 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    Another heaping helping of bias?  Please explain how being opposed to abortion and/or to the selling of the 'byproducts' thereof is tantamount to either misogyny, racism or 'homophobia (i.e., contrived/inaccurate neologism).'

    Pence is spot on.  As a libertarian I must come down, politically, on the side of pro-choice, but the practice of abortion--ESPECIALLY in the hands of Planned Parenthood (an organization FOUNDED in racism/eugenics)--is abhorrent/repugnant/disgusting to its very core!

      August 1, 2016 1:56 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Oh, thanks for straightening me out there My 2.  You see, I THOUGHT everyone else was right and YOU were wrong for a minute. 

      August 1, 2016 1:57 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    Exactly.   Take heart, though, in the fact that the wholesale misuse of such labels diminishes their punch. Eventually, this method of shutting down the opposition will become completely impotent.

      August 1, 2016 1:57 PM MDT
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  • 304
    I think there needs to be an honest investigation of planned parenthood. I dont think it should be cut off entirely only because it does help girls who otherwise would have nowhere else to turn. That being said Im very much against abortion. Its murder no matter how you look at it.
      August 1, 2016 8:26 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Abortions would happen with or without PP, which also provides other services such as pregnancy prevention (contraception) and gynecological education and care. It's not some big, bad, evil organization.
      August 1, 2016 9:09 PM MDT
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  • 34297

    Anyone who defends PP allowing/instructing pimps to sign off as the parent of their "employees" is wrong.

      August 3, 2016 12:55 PM MDT
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  • 34297

    What label did I misuse?

      August 3, 2016 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 34297

      August 3, 2016 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    My 2?  I do not like Mike Pence. 

    You don't like Hillary.  We both get it. 

      August 3, 2016 12:57 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    I agree.  I wish it would stop. It is not going to though. 

    I think he means us both, My 2 Cents. 

      August 3, 2016 12:57 PM MDT
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  • 34297

    I was not even talking about Hillary.  I don't like PP and their actions.

    You are of course free to dislike Pence/Trump and anyone else. As are we all. 

      August 3, 2016 1:20 PM MDT
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