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Congressional Republicans are giving up on years of promises to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood as Democrats prepare to take control of the House, a major setback for the conservative movement after controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House for the past two years.
The futility of the congressional efforts were clear as the lame-duck session of Congress convened this week and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) briefly tried — and failed — to rally support for one last bid to push through Planned Parenthood cuts, Obamacare repeal and other conservative priorities. But most Republicans, already rattled by the possibility of a shutdown next week triggered by President Donald Trump’s border wall demands, dismissed his bid.
That's infuriated anti-abortion groups, who plan to take their fight to state legislatures and the courts.
“They had two years to defund Planned Parenthood and they failed,” said Kristan Hawkins, the president of the anti-abortion group Students for Life of America
.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/02/gop-congress-planned-parenthood-1036942
The futility of the congressional efforts were clear as the lame-duck session of Congress convened this week and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) briefly tried — and failed — to rally support for one last bid to push through Planned Parenthood cuts, Obamacare repeal and other conservative priorities. But most Republicans, already rattled by the possibility of a shutdown next week triggered by President Donald Trump’s border wall demands, dismissed his bid.
That's infuriated anti-abortion groups, who plan to take their fight to state legislatures and the courts.
“They had two years to defund Planned Parenthood and they failed,” said Kristan Hawkins, the president of the anti-abortion group Students for Life of America
.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/02/gop-congress-planned-parenthood-1036942