Despite the grisly revelations of the past few weeks, which caught Planned Parenthood employees negotiating the sale of fetal body parts as if they were goods and services, the Senate today voted to keep Planned Parenthood funding "intact" (here's some context behind that word.)
BREAKING: Senate bill to defund Planned Parenthood fails to gain enough votes to advance. #prolife
— Right to Life (@nrlc) August 3, 2015The Democrats who voted against the measure are of course recycling an old argument:
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) says planned parenthood defunding issue is a continuation of the Republican war on women
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) August 3, 2015Yet, as Katie explained this morning, the defund bill would not just halt funding for Planned Parenthood - it would redirect the money to other community health centers that provide important health services.
Today's outcome was expected. Sixty votes is a challenging threshold. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) received justified criticism from the pro-life movement when he rejected the opportunity to include the legislation on last week's highway funding bill as an amendment, which would have only needed 50 votes.
Despite this setback, there's no doubt that the outrage against Planned Parenthood is growing. Thanks to this momentum, today's vote is hopefully just a minor setback. Americans are becoming increasingly aware that Planned Parenthood is not exactly the "women's health" organization it claims to be and their representatives' strange and unconvincing defense are only further damaging their reputation.
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