As far as issues of contraception and women's' health, a good case can be made that women are losing the GOP War on Women, that it's largely a rout. Some argue they already have lost.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/planned-parenthood-abortion-the-war-is-over
The only thing that can stop the bleeding is a Hillary Clinton win in 2017. Jeb Bush will do exactly what Mitt Romney promised in 2012: We're going to get rid of that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/morning-plum-hillary-clinton-just-embraced-planned-parenthood-heres-why/
Yes, as David Brock chronicles, the Koch Brothers have been tremendously successful. If the attack on a woman's right to choose can be put at the feet of any single individuals it's them. It is their money that has made it happen.
At the state level there has been tremendous success in rolling back a woman's right tho choose which has never been about only abortion but about rolling back women's contraceptive choice without regard to the ill effects on their health.
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Messenger-Right-Wing-Hillary-Government/dp/1455533769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441941325&sr=8-1&keywords=david+brock
Jeb certainly did not misspeak when he said that we spend too much on women's health.
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/04/this_will_haunt_jeb_bush_gop_candidate_says_we_spend_too_much_on_womens_health_issues/
As Greg Sargent notes Hillary came out strong in defense of PP yesterday.
"Indeed. In fact, as recounted in “Double Down,” the book about the 2012 campaign by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the Obama campaign’s research found that the “we’re gonna get rid of that” quote stuck to Romney like a dated tattoo, and female voters didn’t like it:"
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/planned-parenthood-abortion-the-war-is-over
The only thing that can stop the bleeding is a Hillary Clinton win in 2017. Jeb Bush will do exactly what Mitt Romney promised in 2012: We're going to get rid of that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/morning-plum-hillary-clinton-just-embraced-planned-parenthood-heres-why/
Yes, as David Brock chronicles, the Koch Brothers have been tremendously successful. If the attack on a woman's right to choose can be put at the feet of any single individuals it's them. It is their money that has made it happen.
At the state level there has been tremendous success in rolling back a woman's right tho choose which has never been about only abortion but about rolling back women's contraceptive choice without regard to the ill effects on their health.
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Messenger-Right-Wing-Hillary-Government/dp/1455533769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441941325&sr=8-1&keywords=david+brock
Jeb certainly did not misspeak when he said that we spend too much on women's health.
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/04/this_will_haunt_jeb_bush_gop_candidate_says_we_spend_too_much_on_womens_health_issues/
As Greg Sargent notes Hillary came out strong in defense of PP yesterday.
"Indeed. In fact, as recounted in “Double Down,” the book about the 2012 campaign by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the Obama campaign’s research found that the “we’re gonna get rid of that” quote stuck to Romney like a dated tattoo, and female voters didn’t like it:"
"In focus group after focus group, undecided female voters voiced hostility towards Mitt for his supposed desire to abolish Planned Parenthood; they saw him as paternalistic and controlling. One member of Mitt’s ad team described the quote as the “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” of social issues."
That Romney quote was from 2011; but the Obama camp repeatedly put the footage in ads that ran in key swing states throughout 2012, using it to paint Romney as out of touch on women’s health. There is of course now footage of multiple Republican presidential candidates at last week’s debate agreeing with the push to defund the group, with some even saying Congressional Republicans must not surrender even if it means a government shutdown. And there will likely be a whole lot more like this from the GOP candidates in coming weeks."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/morning-plum-hillary-clinton-just-embraced-planned-parenthood-heres-why/
That Romney quote was from 2011; but the Obama camp repeatedly put the footage in ads that ran in key swing states throughout 2012, using it to paint Romney as out of touch on women’s health. There is of course now footage of multiple Republican presidential candidates at last week’s debate agreeing with the push to defund the group, with some even saying Congressional Republicans must not surrender even if it means a government shutdown. And there will likely be a whole lot more like this from the GOP candidates in coming weeks."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/morning-plum-hillary-clinton-just-embraced-planned-parenthood-heres-why/
Yes, though let's be clear: Jeb is the one the GOP establishment wants to run and we have him saying that we spend too much on women's health as well as a record on abortion as Florida Governor to the Right of his brother's.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/25/jeb-bush-abortion_n_6940568.html
So this election is about nothing less than the future of women's reproductive rights and health.
If Jeb Bush wins, say goodbye to Planned Parenthood.
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