Senator Joe Manchin, (D-WV) has announced that he will vote to defund Planned Parenthood today.<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a critical vote, since Manchin is one of a handful of pro life Democrats in the United States Senate. It is possible that Senator Manchin will pay a large political price for this vote inside his own party.<\/p>\n
One of the problems we\u2019ve had with this particular issue is separating contraception from abortion in the public\u2019s mind and the minds of elected officials. I can tell you that back in the years when I was pro choice, I honestly did not believe that Planned Parenthood performed abortions. I didn\u2019t learn I was wrong until many years later.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the videos of Planned Parenthood executives selling aborted baby body parts will clarify people\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n
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