Planned Parenthood’s President Lashes Out at USCCB

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sent an email to her supporters on Monday, complaining of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) campaign against the abortion-funding health care bill. Richards begged for quick action from abortion supporters to counter the bishops’ influence and push the bill through Congress.

Richards’ attack was spurred by the nation-wide campaign the USCCB has recently launched, seeking to mobilize parishioners and clergy to call their representatives and senators to defeat the abortion-funding health care bill in Congress.

In the email, Richards breathlessly avers that “every group opposed to a woman’s right to choose is pulling out all the stops this week to bring all the progress we’ve made on health care reform to a grinding halt.”

She then urges abortion supporters to contact their senators and representatives and tell them to continue to work for the health care bill. “I know that you’ve likely e-mailed and called before,” she writes, “and I’m asking you to do it again today – and it won’t be the last time.”

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