{"id":24072,"date":"2017-03-16T18:45:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T23:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcpathway.local\/?p=24072"},"modified":"2017-03-14T16:44:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T21:44:39","slug":"abortion-vital-to-planned-parenthood-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2017\/03\/16\/abortion-vital-to-planned-parenthood-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion &#8216;vital&#8217; to Planned Parenthood mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">WASHINGTON (BP) \u2013 Planned Parenthood\u2019s rejection of a White House offer to maintain federal funding if it drops its abortion business demonstrates how important the lethal procedure is to the organization, Southern Baptist leaders said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The informal proposal and the refusal \u2013 reported March 6 by<i> The New York Times<\/i> \u2013 came as Congress and President Trump consider legislation to cut funds for the country\u2019s scandal-plagued, leading abortion provider. Both a budget bill and a new health-care replacement measure proposed in the House of Representatives would slash funds for Planned Parenthood, which receives more than $500 million annually in government grants and reimbursements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Planned Parenthood\u2019s top officers were unequivocal in their opposition to eliminating abortion after The Times reported the outreach to the organization\u2019s allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cPlanned Parenthood is proud to provide abortion \u2013 a necessary service that\u2019s as vital to our mission as birth control or cancer screenings,\u201d tweeted Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) March 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The rejection of the offer reveals \u201cthat without abortion, there would be no Planned Parenthood,\u201d Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore told Baptist Press in written comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Planned Parenthood \u201cis not a \u2018health-care\u2019 organization but a storefront for an industry that devalues human life and exploits families and communities,\u201d said Moore, president of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">PPFA and its affiliates received $553.7 million in government grants and reimbursements in the organization\u2019s latest financial year, 2014-15. Planned Parenthood\u2019s affiliates performed 323,999 abortions during 2013-14, the most recent reporting year for which statistics are available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The latest scandal was unveiled in 2015, when a series of undercover videos appeared to provide evidence Planned Parenthood was trading in body parts from aborted babies. The secretly recorded videos allegedly showed executives discussing their sale of fetal parts, as well as their apparent willingness to manipulate the abortion procedure to preserve organs for sale and use.\u2002<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s rejection of a White House offer to maintain federal funding if it drops its abortion business demonstrates how important the lethal procedure is to the organization, Southern Baptist leaders said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":24081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_selected_social_profile":[]},"categories":[7,13,19,27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abortion &#039;vital&#039; 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