Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Statement from Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America:
“Once again, we are being subjected to the consequences of anti-choice politicians’ obsession with Planned Parenthood. It’s little wonder Rep. McCarthy would drop out of the race for House speaker this morning, given the dysfunction and paralysis caused by the extreme anti-choice minority in the GOP. Today’s hearing—the 4th of its kind– follows on the heels of yesterday’s sixth vote in Congress’s futile witch hunt against Planned Parenthood. This is part of their shameful obsession to deprive low-income men and women access to the affordable health care that they need.
“The witness list is a terrifying parade of the kinds of anti-choice activists that extreme members of Congress decided are ‘experts’ in women’s bodies: a doctor who founded and operates an anti-choice pregnancy center; a clinic protester who engaged in the intimidation of abortion providers and patients; and an anti-choice activist who filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, dismissed for ‘failing to provide a single example.’ All of them are blatantly partisan and single-mindedly anti-choice—none of them are qualified to decide healthcare policy for the women of this country.
“7 in 10 Americans believe women should be able to make their own health care decisions. Hateful, partisan rhetoric, may be on full display in Congress today but we will not allow them to restrict our freedoms.”
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