Pick an issue – stimulus, auto bailouts, bank bailouts,
healthcare reform, taxes, regulations – in nearly every situation Obama
delivers speeches about what he will do; or intends to do – and then his
actions end up being something entirely different.
The Obama Administration defended funding for Planned
Parenthood under the banner of being sure there is – “Access to Comprehensive
and Affordable Women’s Healthcare Services”. Here is another indisputable
example of President Obama using his oval office power to manipulate and
override the will of the people in sovereign states and in the processes worked
against his own publicly stated goals and commitments.
Last summer – the Indiana State Legislature voted to
prohibit all healthcare contracts with entities that provide abortion services
– they did not want tax payer dollars going to abortion services. The Obama
administration threatened to pull $4.3 billion in Medicaid funding.
A few months later – the state of New Hampshire decided in
favor of allocated state funds to clinics that offered a full range of women’s
health services, because the Planned Parenthood facilities in New Hampshire did
not offer all the necessary services of women’s health issues. Obama responded by taking $1 million dollars
that was allocated for the state and sending it directly to Planned Parenthood
in New Hampshire. I thought the point was to help provide ‘access’ to women’s
health services for those who could not afford such access on their own. So
much for that!
This past March the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission issued a rule excluding abortion providers from participation in the
Texas Women’s Health Program (Texas WHP). WHY? Because they wanted to
prioritize funding to organizations that would provide quality, comprehensive healthcare to low-income
women and their families. The Planned Parenthood organization was not providing
comprehensive services to the low income women of Texas. The Obama administration
stepped in and pulled all federal funding for the Texas WHP. Notably, Planned
Parenthood stood to lose nearly $47 million under Texas’ re-prioritization of
funding.
So… it is important that we watch what Obama does; rather
simply what Obama says. However, keeping the coffers of the abortion
mega-provider flush with taxpayer cash was more important to the Obama
administration than health care for poor women and their families.
The Obama administration denied funding for basic health
care to women in need in an attempt to force Texas taxpayers to fund Planned
Parenthood and other abortion providers.
So much for caring about women’s health. Check out the link for even more examples
including Tennessee, North Carolina, New Jersey – each and every case Obama has
ignored the will of the people and legislatures of sovereign states.
He may have been democratically elected – but he behaves like
a cross between a King and Dictator.
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