{"id":56098,"date":"2015-09-20T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=56098"},"modified":"2015-09-20T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T18:00:38","slug":"brown-statement-on-defunding-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/09\/20\/brown-statement-on-defunding-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown statement on Defunding Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tLiz_Brown_for_Congress.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Brown for US Congress\" width=\"450\" height=\"164\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tLiz_Brown_for_Congress.jpg 450w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tLiz_Brown_for_Congress-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from Liz Brown for Congress:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Brown Statement on Defunding Planned Parenthood<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Planned Parenthood Doesn&#8217;t Deserve a Dime of Our Hard-earned Money&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON. (September 18, 2015) &#8211; State Senator and congressional candidate for Indiana&#8217;s Third Congressional District, Liz Brown, released the following statement on Congress&#8217;s effort to defund Planned Parenthood:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to defund Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funds for one year while it investigates the Planned Parenthood baby parts harvesting scandal. If I were in Congress today, I would have proudly supported this standalone measure to defund America&#8217;s largest abortion business. However, given veto threats from the White House, I believe Congress must act with additional courage to defund Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congress has an opportunity to strip Planned Parenthood of millions of taxpayer funds in a must-pass spending bill before the end of the month. I urge Congress to send President Obama a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and redirects the funds to abortion-free health organizations for women.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is time for Congress to stand on principle. If we cannot stand for the weakest among us, even as we watch these horrific videos that detail how Planned Parenthood crushes a baby&#8217;s body to harvest an organ, then what can we stand for? Every day Planned Parenthood stops the beating hearts of nearly 900 unborn boys and girls. Congress must stop giving Planned Parenthood its blessing by funding the abortion business to the tune of a half a billion dollars. Planned Parenthood doesn&#8217;t deserve a dime of our hard-earned money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Liz Brown<\/strong><br \/>\nLiz Brown, a Republican, seeks to represent Indiana&#8217;s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brown currently serves Indiana Senate District 15 in the state legislature and is a former member of the Fort Wayne City Council. She has a long history of community involvement including roles with Boys and Girls Clubs, Cub Scouts, Parkview Hospital Ethics Committee, Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and various school boards. As a registered Civil and Domestic Mediator with her own mediation business, Liz maintains a number of associations in the legal field. Liz and her husband of 33 years, Steve, have seven children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/88101.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"First Public Safety Task Force meeting on May 13, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='074129f9b3766ab87093b250b1385b24' data-image-id=\"2309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/88101.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_88101.jpg\" data-title=\"Public Safety Task Force\" data-description=\"First Public Safety Task Force meeting on May 13, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Public Safety Task Force\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Public Safety Task Force\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2309\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_88101.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_07_14_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City and County officials at a meeting concerning the County&#039;s Renaissance Square proposal.  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data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_144592.jpg\" data-title=\"Gathered crowd\" data-description=\"The crowd gathered to support Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown (R-At-Large) as she announced her campaign for Mayor of the City of Fort Wayne on December 2, 2010.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Gathered crowd\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Gathered crowd\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5737\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_144592.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/144593.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown (R-At-Large) after announcing her campaign for Mayor of the City of Fort Wayne on December 2, 2010.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='074129f9b3766ab87093b250b1385b24' data-image-id=\"5738\" 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Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown (R-At-Large) talks about her ideas concerning the Legacy Fort Wayne Light Lease settlement on March 10, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='074129f9b3766ab87093b250b1385b24' data-image-id=\"5972\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/146790.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_146790.jpg\" data-title=\"Liz Brown\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown (R-At-Large) talks about her ideas concerning the Legacy Fort Wayne Light Lease settlement on March 10, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Liz Brown\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Liz Brown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5972\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_146790.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a 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