2009-08-03
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FRC Action's Tony Perkins Challenges Planned Parenthood President to Debate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council Action President
Tony Perkins re-issued his invitation to Planned Parenthood
President Cecile Richards to debate the question - Does the
President's health care reform plan include a mandate for
abortion coverage and taxpayer funded abortions?
In a piece published today by the Huffington Post, Planned
Parenthood's president states that the plan doesn't mandate
abortion coverage or funding. In a letter to Capitol Hill
staff last week, Perkins responded to Planned Parenthood's
inaccurate claims - http://www.frcaction.org/ppletter
Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins had
this to say:
"Last week, I couriered a letter to Planned Parenthood
President Cecile Richards inviting her to debate the
question of taxpayer-funded abortion and whether or not
citizens would be forced to fund abortion under the current
health care reform bills.
"The nation's largest abortion provider continues to make
public accusations that FRC's latest commercial on health
care reform is misleading. In it, we warn Americans that
the current proposals will lead to an abortion
mandate--something Planned Parenthood has actively lobbied
for.
"Planned Parenthood's accusations continue to mount but I
have yet to receive a response to the invitation to debate
the question of taxpayer-funded abortions. Planned
Parenthood says abortion funding isn't there. I say, come
to a debate prepared to prove it."
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