Results tagged “Sen. Bunning” from Blog for Choice

Great news for pro-choice Americans from the Senate this week.

First, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) offered an amendment to a national-service bill that would have made anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) explicitly eligible for federal funding for the first time ever. Federal funding for fake clinics that deceive and intimidate vulnerable women? Good thing the Senate said, "No way!" As NARAL Pro-Choice America president Nancy Keenan said, "It would have been wrong for the Senate to legitimize these practices in any way."

Then, during debate in the Budget Committee, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) proposed an amendment that would have taken the first step toward extending the Title V "abstinence-only" program for five more years! Seriously? The last budget cut funding for these failed programs, and President Obama has called for decision-making based on facts, not ideology. That means getting age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education programs into our schools. Bravo to the pro-choice senators on the Budget Committee for stopping this bad idea.