Mike Pence Working to Defund Planned Parenthood

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a billion dollar non-profit entity. Yes, you read that correctly--one billion. It receives over a third of it's money from federal and state government grants.

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) has introduced an amendment to cut off federal funds to Planned Parenthood. In a press release yesterday, he noted:

"It is morally wrong to destroy innocent human life through abortion, but it is also morally wrong to take the tax dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to promote or perform abortions at home or abroad. The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funds under Title X.

"Americans who cherish the right to life should be heartened to hear that my amendment to deny federal funding through Title X to Planned Parenthood will receive a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives tomorrow. Federal funding should reflect the values of the majority of the American people and this House now has the opportunity and obligation to close this offensive loophole.

"The right to life is not a partisan issue, it is a moral one. The time has come for this Congress to come together in a bipartisan way to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and to defend the rights of the taxpayer; The time has come to deny any and all federal funding for the Planned Parenthood."

Amen and amen.

The vote on the Pence Amendment is scheduled for some time today.