But she loved the money Paul Ryan sent.
Posted on 02/25/2016 2:58:33 PM PST by Morgana
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been taking criticism from pro-life voters for his repeated claims that the Planned Parenthood abortion business does “good work†and “wonderful things.†Today the head of the abortion company took notice and said she appreciates Trump’s kind words about it.
“This is one thing I agree with Donald Trump on,†Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards said.
Below is the transcript and video of Richards’ interview with MSNBC:
MITCHELL: “Cecile, as the head of Planned Parenthood, you’ve been through the mill with all of the controversy in the past couple of months. Here is Donald Trump recently on ‘Meet The Press’ and he sounds like he is in your court. Let’s watch.â€
[clip starts] TRUMP: “They do some very good work, cervical cancer, lots of women’s issue — women’s health issues are taken care of….Planned Parenthood does a lot of good job — a really good job at a lot of different areas but not on abortion. So, I’m not going to fund it if it’s doing the abortion. I’m not going to fund it. Now they say it’s 3 percent and it’s 4 percent, some people say it’s 60 percent. I don’t believe it’s 60 percent by the way, but, I think it’s probably a much lower number. But Planned Parenthood does some very good work.†[clip ends]
RICHARDS: “Well, this —“
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MITCHELL: “So, it’s a mixed blessing I guess. But, your response?â€
RICHARDS: “Well, this is one thing I agree with Donald Trump on, is that Planned Parenthood does amazing work for 2 1/2 million patients every single year. I think the disturbing thing is that Donald Trump as well as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have said if they were president, they would end women’s access to family planning, to cancer screening, to basic affordable health care as well as overturning the Affordable Care Act which is now covering family planning and other preventive care for for 55 million women. That’s what’s really at stake here. And so, I appreciate his kind words. We’re very proud of our work, but I think women in this country and families and men are going to be very concerned about a president who wants to roll back access to affordable health care in America.â€
Trump has pro-life voters in disagreement with each other about whether he is truly pro-life — as he calls for defunding Planned Parenthood on one hand while praising the abortion company on the other for it’s “good works†or good things.â€
After his most recent comments saying , “I have many, many friends who are women, who understand Planned Parenthood better than you or I will ever understood it,†one MSNBC host said that may make Trump “more electable.â€
Trump continues to claim that he opposes abortion and the abortion component of the Planned Parenthood abortion business and maintains he opposes federal taxpayer funding of the billion-dollar corporation.
“Planned Parenthood does a really good job at a lot of different areas. But not on abortion,†he said Sunday. “So I’m not going to fund it if it’s doing the abortion. I am not going to fund it.â€
This past week, for the first time, Trump has specifically promised he would sign a bill as president to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Trump has repeatedly indicated he opposes Planned Parenthood funding but has always stopped short of committing to sign legislation to stop the flow of taxpayer funds to the nation’s biggest abortion business.
In a new interview with David Brody of CBN, Trump made that promise. Although his promise will go a long way towards reassuring pro-life voters he would implement specific pro-life policy on abortion as president, Trump continued to praise Planned Parenthood — following up on his “good things†and “wonderful work†comments that have turned off some pro-life voters.
Meanwhile, Trump said he thinks the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that ushered in an era of 48 million abortions was “wrongly decided.†Trump said he would appoint “very good judges†who would ultimately “change it†but he opposed Roe without specifically saying it should be overturned.
In the last presidential debate, Trump feuded with Ted Cruz over the issue of Planned Parenthood funding. Cruz made the claim that Trump was a long-time supporter of abortion. Even though Trump has changed his mind and become pro-life, Cruz maintains that Trump supports taxpayer funding of the nation’s largest abortion business.
As far as Trump’s comments on Planned Parenthood funding are concerned, Trump has fairly consistently said he opposes taxpayer funding but he’s also made some remarks about the “good things†Planned Parenthood does that have alarmed pro-life voters — as if any “good thing†could make up for the fact that planned Parenthood kills 330,000 unborn babies a year in abortions and then sells their body parts for profit.
Here are some of the headlines we’ve carried at LifeNews.com in recent months that provide further details on what Trump has said regarding Planned Parenthood funding: July 23: Donald Trump: The Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Should “Absolutely be De-Funded†August 4: Donald Trump: Shut Down the Federal Government to De-Fund Planned Parenthood August 11: Donald Trump: Planned Parenthood is an “Abortion Factory†August 17: Donald Trump: Videos of Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Babies Were “Disgusting,†De-Fund It August 26: Donald Trump: Planned Parenthood is an “Abortion Factory†That Sells Baby Parts Like Automobiles October 19: Donald Trump: “Planned Parenthood Should Absolutely be De-Funded†December 2: Donald Trump: De-Fund Planned Parenthood and “Look Carefully at†Overturning Roe v. Wade December 22: Donald Trump: Unless Planned Parenthood Stops Doing Abortions, We Should De-Fund It
TRUMP: They do some very good work, cervical cancer, lots of women;s issue women;s health issues are taken care of Planned Parenthood does a lot of good job a really good job at a lot of different areas but not on abortion. So, I;m not going to fund it if it's doing the abortion. I'm not going to fund it
But she loved the money Paul Ryan sent.
I could swear this has been posted for three straight days now.
BRILLIANT strategy by Trump - there is NO WAY that the “War on Women” meme can be used against him - as it CERTAINLY would be on Trump and even Rubio.
That is that it takes to ACTUALLY WIN, rather than ‘lose on principle’.
NICE!
If she had some reason to be fearful she'd be crying like a banshee.
Code Pink likes him, now this chick. Everybody loves the Donald. He’s just great!!!
Way back when, my gf and I used PP for birth control, check ups for her also.
Yes, abortion is ugly, sucks, and should be stopped.
PP is a health clinic as well.
Yay!!!!! Posted again, and again, and again, and again.....
Me, I want the borders sealed, illegals deported, and muslims prevented from coming in under any circumstances.
I will take THAT, ugly as it is, over the abortion fight every day of the week, God forgive me.
Our biggest battle should be our first battle.
And now we have that interview.
Cruz's campaign posted the video earlier today of Trump with Tim Russert on Meet the Press in 1999.
Russert asked Trump about gay marriage. Trump didn't want to comment on it, but said he has no problem with gays in the military.
He explained, "I've lived in New York City and Manhattan all my life, okay? So my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa."
When Russert asked Trump about abortion, he said he's "pro-choice in every respect" and again cited his New York background, which he said has a "different attitude" from most of the country
http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-the-1999-donald-trump-new-york-values-interview-cruz-has-been-talking-about/
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"the way Trump described his "evolution" from the pro-choice to pro-life position raises some interesting questions.
He said: "Friends of mine years ago were going to have a child, and it was going to be aborted. And it wasn't aborted. And that child today is a total superstar, a great, great child. And I saw that. And I saw other instances."
Now, I'm one who cheers whenever someone publicly switches from supporting abortion rights to supporting human rights for all - including the unborn. I am glad to see people like Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, or Bernard Nathanson, founder of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, become pro-life activists.
But I find it difficult to cheer Trump's conversion, because the reason he gives for being pro-life doesn't correspond to the pro-life ethic.
Trump says he is pro-life because of a "superstar" child who could have been aborted.
Consider how he responded to a reporter who wondered if he would have become pro-life had the child been a "loser":
"Probably not, but I've never thought of it. I would say no, but in this case it was an easy one because he's such an outstanding person."
To summarize Trump's view: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't abort fetuses that may grow up to be outstanding people."
But opponents of abortion take a different position: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't kill innocent human beings, no matter who they might grow up to be."
Trump's reason for being pro-life depends on the potential outcome of the child in the womb, rather than the fact that there is a child in the womb. But the pro-life ethic is grounded in the inherent worth of all humanity. It is wrong to commit violence against innocent human beings. Full stop.
And that's where, ironically, Trump's position sounds similar to the pro-choice idea that the human fetus is "potential life" or that the value of the unborn depends on whether or not the child is "wanted."
Extending Trump's logic leads to more problems. If we adopt the position of abortion opponents merely because of what a child may grow up to be (a "superstar!"), then why should we care if 67 percent of Down syndrome children are aborted after a prenatal diagnosis? What would Trump say if he were told there's a better chance an "unwanted" child from an impoverished or minority neighborhood would grow up to be involved in crime? ..."
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/26/problem-trumps-change-heart-abortion-commentary/
CRuzer’s are stuck on Groundhog Day.
This is a Yuge embarrassment for Trump and Trump supporters.
What is the most horrible about it is the many here on Free Republic defending the comments and AGREEING with him.
What should be happening is Trump supporters calling his campaign headquarters and saying we want to defund Planned Parenthood, period.
If Cruz said something like this, that is what his supporters, myself included, would be doing.
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