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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Healthcare

Republicans v. Planned Parenthood— House Republicans have twice failed to defund Planned Parenthood this year, but Cliff Stearns won't quit. The Florida Republican, who chairs the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, has ordered all 83 Planned Parenthood state affiliates to deliver internal audit reports covering a 12-year period, state audits covering a 20-year period, and detailed information regarding billing and referral practices. In a letter that might have been ghost-written by right-wing guerrilla "journalist" Andrew Breitbart, Stearns also demands documentation regarding criminal conduct, sexual abuse, and sex-trafficking policies at Planned Parenthood.

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