COMING UP WITH A COUPLE
FOREIGN-POLICY EXPERTS.
WE BUILD INTO THAT MORE, MORE
NEWS BREAKING ON IRAN ALL THE
TIME.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SCORES
A BIG LEGAL VICTORY FROM AN
UNLIKELY SOURCE TODAY AND BAD
NEWS FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
OTHER CLINICS THAT PERFORM
ABORTIONS OR REFER PATIENTS FOR
THEM AND HOPE TO GET YOUR TAX
DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF
FAMILY-PLANNING GRANTS.
THE DECISION DEVASTATING.
>> MORE THAN DEVASTATING.
HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE HOW
SIGNIFICANT THIS IS.
THIS RULING ALLOWS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO TURN OFF OF
FAMILY-PLANNING MONEY TO ANY
MEDICAL FACILITY THAT NOT ONLY
PROVIDES ABORTION BUT ANY
FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ABORTION
COUNSELING OR ABORTION
REFERRALS.
TITLE X OF THE GOVERNMENT
FAMILY-PLANNING PROGRAM AND A
LOT OF THE $260 MILLION A YEAR
GOES TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHICH
CALLS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
POLICY A GAG RULE.
HE RESEARCH WE BREAKING, A
FEDERAL COURT JUST ALLOW THE
TITLE X GAG RULE TO GO INTO
EFFECT.
THIS IS A DEVASTATING GLOW TO
THE 4 MILLION PATIENTS TO OBTAIN
BIRTH CONTROL, CANCER SCREENINGS
AND OTHER ESSENTIAL CARE THROUGH
TITLE X.
DONALD TRUMP MADE DEFUNDING
PLANNED PARENTHOOD A CORNERSTONE
OF HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN AND THIS IS
SEEN BY MANY AS AN IMPORTANT
FIRST STEP IN THAT FIGHT.
EARLIER THIS WEEK ANNOUNCING HIS
REELECTION BID THE PRESIDENT
MADE CLEAR ABORTION WOULD BE A
KEY PART OF HIS 2220 CAMPAIGN AS
WELL.
>> VIRTUALLY EVERY TOP DEMOCRAT
NOW SUPPORTS TAXPAYER-FUNDED
ABORTION RIGHT UP TO THE MOMENT
OF BIRTH, RIPPING BABIES
STRAIGHT FROM THE MOTHER'S WILL.
LEADING DEMOCRATS HAVE EVEN
OPPOSED MEASURES TO PREVENT THE
EXECUTION OF CHILDREN AFTER
BIRTH.
>> IT IS NOTEWORTHY AS YOU POINT
OUT WHERE THIS VICTORY FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CAME FROM,
THE WEST COAST NINTH CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS.
A NORMALLY FRIENDLY VENUE FOR
THOSE OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS POLICIES.
>> WE HAVE THIS OTHER CASE IN
MISSOURI, THE STATE SAYING IT
DOESN'T WANT TO GRANT A LICENSE
TO THE STATE'S LAST ABORTION
CLINIC, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS.
WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT
SHOWDOWN TONIGHT?
>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
HOW THE STATE OF MISSOURI WANTS
TO SHUTDOWN THAT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINIC.
THEY ALLEGE THE CLINIC PERFORMED
THREE, QUOTE, FIELD ABORTIONS
THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
SURGERIES AND LED TO
LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS
FOR THE MOTHER.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLEGES STATE
OFFICIALS MADE ALL OF THESE
FACTS PUBLIC IN VIOLATION OF
PATIENT PRIVACY LAWS.
ANTIABORTION GROUP OPERATION
RESCUE PUTS HEALTH DEPARTMENT
RECORDS ON ITS WEBSITE BEFORE A
CIRCUIT JUDGE SEALED THEM
BECAUSE OF THE THREAT TO SHIELD
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR VERIFY THE
ACCURACY OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, USA
TODAY REPORTS THE CLINIC IS
GOING TO DEFINE THE STATE
REQUIREMENT OF 2 SEPARATE PELVIC
EXAMS ON WOMEN BEFORE HAVING
ABORTION SAYING IT IS NOT
MEDICALLY INDICATED AND, QUOTE,
DEEPLY TRAUMATIZING AND INHUMANE
FOR THEIR PATIENTS.
>> THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THAT
STORY, WE WILL TRY TO UNPACK IN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NINTH
CIRCUIT RULING IN FAVOR OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CALLS OF AN ATTACK ON
ITS PATIENTS.
2020 DEMOCRATIC CONTENDER CALLED
A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
WE ARE JOINED BY HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ALEX
AZAR.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DOES, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS A
REGULATION THAT REROUTES MONEY
AWAY FROM CLINICS THAT PERFORM
ABORTIONS, SEND THAT MONEY
OTHER CLINICS, CRITICS SAY THE
PATIENTS ARE IN DANGER.
SAYING THEY WON'T STAND FOR THIS
ATTACK ON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NEWS OUT
OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT THIS
MORNING IS DEVASTATING FOR THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO RELY ON
TITLE X HEALTH CENTERS FOR
CANCER SCREENINGS.
HIV TESTS, AFFORDABLE BIRTH
CONTROL AND OTHER CRITICAL
PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PEOPLE?
>> LET ME BE REALLY CLEAR,
DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE AND
I ARE PART OF A PRO-LIFE
ADMINISTRATION.
WE STAND FOR PROTECTING THE
SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE FROM
CONCEPTION UNTIL NATURAL DEATH.
PART OF THAT IS THIS REGULATION
YOU MENTIONED THAT PREVENTS
THESE TITLE X FAMILY-PLANNING
MONEYS FROM GOING TO SUPPORTING
THE ABORTION ENTERPRISE.
FOR TOO LONG THAT MONEY HAS BEEN
USED TO SUBSIDIZE THE PROVISION
OF ABORTION CONTRARY TO STATUTE.
CONGRESS HAS SAID YOU CANNOT
SUPPORT ABORTION AS A METHOD OF
FAMILY-PLANNING.
WE ARE FINALLY ENFORCING IT.
>> YOU HEAR WHAT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS SAYING, THEY ARE
NOT REFERENCING ABORTION, WHAT
ABOUT CANCER SCREENINGS AND
OTHER THINGS?
SENATOR GILLIBRAND, ONE OF THE
2020 CONTENDERS SAYS THIS, THE
TRUMP DEMONSTRATION'S TITLE X
GAG RULE AND OTHERS DEBATE ABOUT
CALLING IT THAT WILL DENY ACCESS
TO BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CARE FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
I CALL THAT A VIOLATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, WE WILL FIGHT BACK.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HER AS A CANDIDATE BUT IT IS
COMPLETELY INCORRECT TO SAY THIS
IMPEDE SERVICE DELIVERY FOR
WOMEN OR OTHERS AT
FAMILY-PLANNING CLINICS.
WE HAVE FULL RANGE OF SERVICES,
WE FUNDED THIS AT $400 MILLION,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD REPRESENTS
13% OF CLINICS THAT PROVIDE
FAMILY-PLANNING SERVICES UNDER
TITLE X.
INTERESTINGLY OVER THE LAST
EIGHT YEARS PLANNED PARENTHOOD
WHICH TALKS SO MUCH ABOUT CANCER
SCREENINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
CANCER SCREENINGS AND PREVENTIVE
SERVICES ARE DOWN 60%.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND
VARIOUS AFFILIATES OUTNUMBER
PLANNED PARENTHOOD BY 20-1
GIVING A BROADER REACH OF
SERVICES IN MORAL AREAS, BETTER
DEPTH, PROVIDING CARE, CANCER
TREATMENT, HIV TREATMENT ETC..