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Bill de Blasio Rips Rand Paul for Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood
By Ross Barkan
07/28/15 2:49pm
Is Bill de Blasio afraid too many people are going to stand with Rand?
Mr. de Blasio, the liberal Democratic mayor of New York, blasted Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican presidential candidate, this afternoon for staging a vote to defund Planned Parenthood.
“Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul wants to close the doors of the most trusted women’s health care provider in the country,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement. “His reason has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with health care. Planned Parenthood serves 76,000 New Yorkers a year with sexual and reproductive health services.”
“If New Yorkers have anything to do with it–and they do–Planned Parenthood will continue to connect New Yorkers to care for another 100 years, turning no one away,” he added.
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http://observer.com/2015/07/bill-de-blasio-rips-rand-paul-for-trying-to-defund-planned-parenthood/