cancer screenings

Dear Mitt Romney, While you're here in Colorado, I hope you'll answer a few questions. When you said "Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that," do you know how important Planned Parenthood is to millions of women? And when you said, "Do I believe the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade? Yes." Why do you want to put an end to safe, legal abortion?

Dear Mitt Romney,

While you're here in Colorado, I hope you'll answer a few questions. "Do I believe the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade? Yes." Why do you want to put an end to safe, legal abortion? I'll be watching for answers, and so will millions of women.

Sincerely, Liz.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have pledged to defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off women's access to preventive care including cancer screenings and birth control; and have promised to shut down the nation's family planning program that more than five million people a year rely on for birth control, cancer screenings, and other care. They have also vowed to overturn Roe v.

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have pledged to defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off women's access to preventive care including cancer screenings and birth control; and have promised to shut down the nation's family planning program that more than five million people a year rely on for birth control, cancer screenings, and other care. They have also vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade and end safe and legal abortion, and have said they support extreme "personhood" measures that would give full constitutional rights to fertilized eggs.

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New legislation leaves over 130,000 without access to wellness exams, cancer screening, contraception

The Associated Press reports that Texas Legislature passed a law last year making it illegal for the state to provide Medicaid funds to a doctor or clinic affiliated with an organization that provides elective abortions, even if the institution receiving the money does not provide them...

Unless some last-minute agreement is brokered, the program, which receives $9 in federal funds for every $1 in state funds, will be either phased out or cut off by the end of March. At least 130,000 poor Texas women will lose access to cancer screenings, well-woman exams and contraception.

Rebecca Acuña, a spokeswoman for the Texas Democratic Party, said:

"Texas Republicans never miss an opportunity to throw the most vulnerable Texans under the bus so that they can pick a fight with the federal government."