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Congressman Joe Heck Votes Yet Again To Defund Planned Parenthood

Less than one month after narrowly avoiding a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding and with days to go before a potential default crisis, Congressman Joe Heck decided it would be a better use of time to vote once again to defund Planned Parenthood.  Joe Heck has now voted to defund Planned Parenthood a whopping eight times, even though the group provides safe, affordable access to health care for 2.7 million patients annually – including nearly 22,000 Nevadans.

“Time and time again, Joe Heck has shown that he prioritizes partisan politics over increasing access to basic women’s healthcare, and it is shameful that Congressman Heck shamefully voted to defund Planned Parenthood for the eighth time,” said Sadie Weiner, DSCC Communications Director. “Congressman Heck’s long record of attacking women’s health is wrong for Nevada, and families there deserve a Senator who will stand up for  basic preventative healthcare for women.”

BACKGROUND:

HECK PREVIOUSLY VOTED TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD, WHICH HAD 2.7 MILLION ANNUAL CLIENTS & NEARLY 22,000 PATIENTS IN NEVADA, AT LEAST 7 TIMES

September 2015: Heck Voted Five Times To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood:

  • Heck Voted Twice To Advance Bill To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 9/17/15; H.Res.421, Vote 502,9/17/15; CQ, 9/17/15; H.Res.421, Vote 503, 9/17/15]
  • Heck Voted To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 9/18/15; H.R. 3134, Vote 505, 9/18/15]
  • Heck Voted To Advance Concurrent Resolution That Would Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 9/30/15; H.Res. 448, Vote 525, 9/30/15]
  • Heck Voted For Concurrent Resolution To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 9/30/15; H.Con.Res. 79, Vote 527, 9/30/15]

April 2011: Heck Voted To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 4/14/11; H.Con.Res. 36, Vote 271, 4/14/11]

February 2011: Heck Voted To Bar Use Of Funds For Planned Parenthood. [CQ, 2/18/11; H.R. 1, Pence of Indiana Amendment No. 11, Vote 93, 2/18/11]

Planned Parenthood Had 2.7 Million Annual Clients. “The group says its yearly workload includes 4.5 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases; 3.6 million contraception procedures and devices; 1.1 million pregnancy tests and 900,000 cancer tests and treatments. Of Planned Parenthood’s 2.7 million annual clients, mostly women, it says 4 in 5 earn 150 percent of the federal poverty level or less. Democrats say an attack on Planned Parenthood is an effort to keep women, many of them poor, from needed health services.” [Associated Press, 8/3/15]

  • Planned Parenthood Had 21,910 Patients In Nevada. [Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 7/15]

 

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