Those who know me know that few things will get my Irish temper up faster than the issue of defunding and de-coupling Planned Parenthood from the federal government:
Voices within the Republican Party have argued that we should not shut down the federal government over federal tax funding for Planned Parenthood. That the juice isn’t worth the squeeze, that we always lose such fights, and that we (on principle?) should never use a federal government shutdown as a tactic to achieve legislative goals.
If only the Democrats believed likewise…
Folks, here’s my beef: if defunding Planned Parenthood — an organization that has killed 61 million babies and is currently serving as a cartel trafficking in baby body parts — isn’t the hill to die on, then what is?
Feel free to read it all over at Bearing Drift.