I never doubted it would come to this. If they can't fund the nation's largest abortion provider, they'll shut down the government. Isn't 53 million innocents lost enough? Do they have to involve you and I in it as well? Jake Tapper has the story:
His meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., having concluded, President Obama came to the White House briefing room this evening to report "additional progress" had been made and "differences have been narrowed."
But outstanding issues remain, he cautioned, ones so important – to both sides - the president said he wouldn't express "wild optimism" that there will be a deal.
Democratic sources tell ABC News that things "feel better now" in terms of a deal being cut, but the major sticking point remains the GOP rider prohibiting any federal funding to Planned Parenthood or any of its affiliates.
..."The stickiest issue will end up being Planned Parenthood."
The House voted earlier this year to de-fund Planned Parenthood but 41 Democrats in the Senate already have said they would not support legislation ending funding to Planned Parenthood, making the matter one that could be filibustered. The White House has said the president would not agree to any ban on funding to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood is already prohibited from using any federal funds for abortion-related services. Officials of the organization say more than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood clinics do has nothing to do with abortion, but rather focuses on women's health services such as pap smears and breast cancer screening.
Abortion opponents say federal funding for other services means money freed up for the purposes of conducting abortions, which they regard as ending human life.
The claim that the bulk of Planned Parenthood's operation is not abortion is simply a lie. A boldfaced, easily disproved lie. And it's also been proved that they don't do breast cancer screenings, either, but they're still harping on that one as well.
That President Obama would take this to the brink to protect Planned Parenthood comes as no surprise. This is the most pro-abortion president in history.
Source: Lake County Right to Life Blog