Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina blasted Planned Parenthood saying “from its very inception, [Planned Parenthood] targeted poor women, African American and Hispanic women.”
Fiorina, appearing at Iowa State Fair Soapbox Monday, stated that if she is a president, “when we go to zero-base budgeting, I simply will not provide the money to fund Planned Parenthood.”
Carly Fiorina: And I believe science is proving us right every day. But you do not have to be pro life to understand the hideous nature of what is going on here. This is about the moral character of our nation. When you can have employees who target poor communities, who are pushing women into later term abortions, so they can more successfully harvest body parts, even though late term abortions are demonstratively bad for women. You can only be horrified when you see employees picking over a petri dish for body parts, while they say “look it’s a baby.” There is no excuse, Planned Parenthood must be defunded. And I believe [Applause] and anyone who buys the Democrat argument, with all do respect, anyone who buys the Democrat argument that this is about women’s health, you need to look at all of the other facilities that provide women’s health services. You need to go look at the facts to how many many mammograms they do. You need to go look and understand the foundation of Planned Parenthood, which from its very inception, targeted poor women, African American and Hispanic women. There are more African American lives aborted in New York City every year, then are born alive. That ladies and gentlemen is not right. So, if Congress does not have the courage to defund Planned Parenthood, I’ll tell you what, a President Fiorina, when we go to zero-base budgeting, I simply will not provide the money to fund Planned Parenthood.