Planned Parenthood Republicans: A Decades-Long History
Trends within politics rarely occur in a vacuum. Instead, they develop within a broader ideological and historical context, which accounts for individual elected officials’ political motivations to this very day. Planned Parenthood, for instance, has always enjoyed the support of a notable component of the Republican Party, especially its moderate or Rockefeller wing, comprised of influential Establishment elitists, internationalists, and environmentalists.
The seven Republicans who voted in favor of retaining federal funding for Planned Parenthood, in addition to Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe, all hail from this tradition. Beyond their obvious support for pro-choice causes, these individuals are also characterized by a commitment to centrist policies and fiscal largesse — all indicative of their opposition to the principles of traditional, constitutional government.
Ever since its earliest days, Planned Parenthood has counted among its supporters prominent members of the Republican Party. As early as 1942, Connecticut Senator Prescott Bush (picture, above), grandfather of President George W. Bush, was a supporter of Margaret Sanger’s American Birth Control League, and in 1947, served as the treasurer for the first national campaign for Planned Parenthood. The political repercussions hit hard. Prescott Bush was knocked out of an expected victory for a Senate seat in Connecticut in 1950 after syndicated columnist Drew Pearson declared that it "has been made known" that Bush was a leader in the "Birth Control Society" (the original name of Planned Parenthood was the Birth Control Federation of America). Prescott Bush won a Senate seat two years later, and his son George and daughter-in-law Barbara continued to support Planned Parenthood even after George's election to Congress from Texas. In fact, he was such an advocate for family planning that some House colleagues nicknamed him "Rubbers."
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnew...parenthood-republicans-a-decades-long-history
Myth: Republicans never do anything about abortion
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Revmitchell, Sep 16, 2013.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
So Poncho wants to take a few examples of liberal Republicans and paint the entire party with them. That is called a fallacy
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Matt Black Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Matt Black Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I am in favour of anything that will reduce the level of abortion. Are you? I am also against racism in all its forms. Are you? -
Its 101% or nothing. -
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Matt Black Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Really? Then I have a bridge to sell you...
Try telling that to the new Miss America. -
Good luck with that. Let me know how it turns out.
(PS: Should you want to continue this discussion, either start a new thread or PM me. This thread isn't about "racism.") -
Matt Black Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
If that's your final answer then there seems little point...
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Ok let me translate what i said.
"No point in arguing with someone who has no working knowledge of what is actually going on here, only unfounded opinions." -
Matt Black Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
So it's an 'unfounded opinion' that Miss America had Tweeted about her eg: "Sooo upset that an Arab (sic: she is from a South Asian ethnic heritage) won" (and plenty more where that came from). Racism's just a figment of the 'liberal media's' imagination, is it?:laugh:
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