Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unintentionally explained why pro-lifers should support President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill.
“Under the Republican bill, 200 Planned Parenthood centers would close,” Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, said at a pro-abortion press conference on Tuesday. “More than 90% of these closures would be in states where abortion is legal for the voters of the state.”
In the budget reconciliation bill, the House GOP removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of pro-life legislators from around the country.
The move is a monumental win for pro-lifers because Planned Parenthood receives more than one-third of its overall funding from the U.S. government through grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements.
“You couldn’t think the Senate could do worse than the House when it came to Medicaid, but they sure did,” Schumer said. “It means Republicans are looking to rip away health care from millions more Americans.”
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., echoed Schumer’s remarks. “There is not a day that ends in ‘y’ where Republicans are not trying to ban abortion here in Congress,” she said.
“We are talking women left with no options for the care that they need. It doesn’t matter if you are a rape survivor or if you have a medical emergency, or if you simply don’t want to become a parent, whatever your reason, whatever state you are in, if Republicans get their way, abortion care will be a lot more expensive and a lot less accessible,” Murray said. “For some patients, it will seem basically impossible to get the care they need, regardless of how badly they need it.”
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