The proposal, which was never made formally, has been rejected as an impossibility by officials at Planned Parenthood, which receives about $500 million annually in federal funding. That money helps pay for women’s health services the organization provides, not for abortion services. “Offering money to Planned Parenthood to abandon our patients and our values is not a deal that we will ever accept. At various points during the presidential campaign, Mr. Trump spoke favorably of the work of Planned Parenthood, even while saying he would support withdrawing its funding if abortions continued. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Millions and millions of women — cervical cancer, breast cancer — are helped by Planned Parenthood,” Mr. Trump said in February 2016 at a debate hosted by CNN in Texas.

Source: New York Times March 06, 2017 21:02 UTC