It was yesterday that the house of representatives passed a bill that would hold off funding of planned parenthood for one year. In our first 45 minutes, we want to hear your thoughts on the issue of planned parenthood and in other ways,ut including a potential Government Shutdown. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. You can post on our social media pages. cspanwj is our twitter page. Acebook is facebook. Com cspan if you want to make your thoughts known on the d funding efunding of planned parenthood, you can also email us at journal cspan. Org. At the end187 votes of the vote. Nearly all republicans and two democrats approving legislation that would block federal funding for one year, giving Congress Time to fully investigate wrongdoing of the provider. Host in our first 45 minutes, your thoughts on this boat that took place yesterday in the house of representatives. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. And, for independents, 202 7458002. It was on the floor yesterday that republican representative Marsha Blackburn talk specifically about the planned whatthood bill, specifically does, and why, in her words, it does not limit Health Services for women. Here is her on the house floor yesterday. [video clip] have found it so interesting that they continue to say that this will cut access to Womens Health care. No will not. You know that planned parenthood sees less than 2 of all american women in a given year . There is an amendment on this legislation by mrs. Elmers. Theedirects 235 million to federally qualified Health Centers. It will increase access because we have more of those centers and more under in more underserved areas. They are required to provide services. Land parenthood has cut those screeningsand cancer in half over the last few years while they have increased their abortions to 300,000 per year. Host again, the numbers. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7458002 for independents we start on the independent line joining from new york us. What do you think about the vote that took place yesterday on the larger issue of funding of planned parenthood . Caller i am encouraged about the vote. I think it should be not just this year, but permanently. I appreciate efforts taken to deFund Planned Parenthood because it is a special Interest Group. It is a special Interest Group that forces me to pay for things that i do not want them to be associated with, while it also takes is money that is congress and distributes it to like, n blackburn said, to federally qualified centers. I feel like the republicans are being genuine in trying to compromise a way with the democrats concerning money for Womens Health care although it should be permanently gotten rid of. Planned parenthood and these other Health Centers are basically special Interest Groups. Host what do you think of the effort in light of the fact that faced difficulty before in the house and the president would not sign any way . Caller if the president does not want to fight it, that is his responsibility. If he wants to shut up the government because the money is not going where he wants it, let him shut down the government. But the democrats shut down the government. Why is it always on the republicans . A dealhey work out whereby this money that was for planned butcher hood be distributed to other community Health Centers. Here is christina from ohio, republican line. I am calling because im so happy. Im so grateful they defunded planned parenthood. I wish they would have done this sooner. I think it is i extremely responsible on their part. Nothing but murder of children, my god. It is horrifying. I behind them 100 . That is my comments. Host next, our line for independents, North Carolina. Go ahead. Caller good morning. I have had illegal and legal abortions. The illegal one, i had to travel to another state to find someone. That was through networking. At the time, i was 20 years old. I had no one to go to. Friends thati had directed me in the right area. Im 67 now. I would not be where i am now after raising two kids, getting them through college as a single nother from gestation gestation, but conception at 40. I have had to deal with a child at 20. I was not mentally capable, financially capable. There is so much out there that is untrue. There are no tax dollars going or abortions and planned parenthood. This guy who just called it is a special edges group, if it is a special Interest Group then dont tie it to the federal budget where everybody is encumbered because of a few radical positions, especially , so manyit is defunded people they talk about , they arecenters already backed up. It is ridiculous how they have now. It the flood those community ienters with more people think it is Something Like 3 million it would really back for mammograms, pap smears, stds, which is what planned parenthood does for the most part. Only 3 of its functions go to abortions. Is it is myine body. I do what i want when i want with my body. Host ok. Marissa from montana, democrats line. You,r thank you, thank thank you. Good morning, america. Thank you for cspan. You are great. Oh my god. Thank you for brian. Thank you for booktv. Im so grateful that you provide an open platform for democratic conversation. If we have open dialogue, maybe we can solve all of our problems. My comments on planned parenthood is that it is not the quantity of people we have, it is the quality of life. They have proven that if we outlaw abortions, people will just south back street abortions. Like this lady said before me, are you financially, emotionally, and physically capable of taking care of children. We do not need to breathe like rabbits. We need to be responsible and responsible for the people we have. Can i ask cspan to bring up the conversation of humane treatment of livestock animals . It is very seldom spoken about. Could you please do some more on the whenever they talk about safety of food, they never talk about the humane treatment of animals. Thank you so much for this platform you provide. Thank you to barack obama for the open dialogue so that everybody gets to talk and there is not that loss of freedom that we had went bush was president. Now, anyone can talk about anything they want to. Thank you, cspan. Host lets hear from adam in california. Caller what im wondering is the things they are talking defunding land parenthood, their Services Provided under the Affordable Care act. We are mandated to carry insurance. Why are we still funding these services . Taking funding away from planned parenthood would not even affect abortions because there is no federal funding for that. Were talking about funding stuff that should be covered under the Affordable Care act. For first 45 minutes as 40, your thoughts on this vote that to his yesterday in the house. Two separate pieces of legislation on abortion related matters. One way deFund Planned Parenthood for the course of a year. Host if you take a look at a recent poll, at the time it was respondentsrcent of supported federal funding, tway 6 opposed it. 44 have a more negative view after watching videos, and 34 said their views were unchanged. Whatgives you a sense of is going on across the United States. Again, 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. For independents, 202 7458002. James from kentucky, republican line. Caller thank you for letting me call. This thing about planned and theyre talking about abortion. Abortions are only about 1 of what planned parenthood does. Parenthood did nothing wrong. It helps the things theyre are doing is helping science and to cure disease. What they are doing is just wasting our tax dollars. We pay for these sessions in congress, and they know, the republicans know this is a wedge issue that divides people in this country, and that is exactly what they are trying to do. They dont want to have sessions in congress that help this country and talk about rebuilding our infrastructure, or anything like that. They just want to bring up wedge about wanting to shut the government down. That cost millions of dollars to shut the government down. Theyre just wasting money and it is just ridiculous what they are doing. City,adrian from panama florida, youre next. Caller i think it is time for women to start taking responsibility for their sexuality. And not have everyone in this country paying for their irresponsibility. I dont think planned parenthood is offering anything except abortion. Services thatthose can be received that can be received from your primary physician. Since everybody is supposed to have Affordable Health care, i dont know why we have to be spending all this money for people who are irresponsible in their behavior. Women want to be president. They want to be ceos, but they cant control their body . In 2015 . If you dont want to be pregnant, you dont have to be. Host the topic of services came jackie spirit highlighted a woman who received care from planned parenthood. Heres what she had to say. [video clip] because colleen went to planned parenthood, because she was in between jobs, and sought health care. She received a Breast Cancer exam at planned parenthood. She had stage to Breast Cancer. She is alive today because it was identified at a planned parenthood clinic, and they operated, and she is healthy. She is not the only one. 86,000 men and women who Seek Services at planned parenthood every year for breast , forr or four pap smears cervical cancer, who are identified as having a positive test result. As a result, they get care. 86,000. What you are saying is it is ok. Or 86,000 people to die that is how they were accessing their health care. Host by the way, if you want to see the whole debate that happen on the floor yesterday, you can go to our website, cspan. Org, and watch it for yourself. Just is up jeff is up next from fort myers, florida. Caller you know, i think we can make a balance here. I know people that have had abortions. Quick. They did not wait 6, 7, eight months. It was quick. They made the decision, got it done. Young peoplele make mistakes. Young people make mistakes. You know what, i even know one that was raped when she was 13 years old. She got an abortion. Do you think she wanted to carry that thing for the rest of her life . A white girl. I mean, come on. Cant we just make some kind of a decision on this thing . I really just dont get it. Host here is joe in florida. Caller hello. I heard the lady on that said she had had an abortion so she could have the money to raise her two children. I have to think that she has just killed her retirement. Who will take care of her in her old age. It does not make any sense. You are killing people. That is all i really have to say. From twitter, steve says if we should be defunding anything, it should be congressional salaries. Robert says, the founder of planned parenthood place their abortion clinics in minority neighborhoods. Durham, North Carolina, this is lorenzo. What do you think of the house vote that took place yesterday . Lorenzo, what do you think about the house vote yesterday . They should restructure it. Host how . Caller [indiscernible] from the top to the bottom, have new people. Host lets go to arthur in port arthur, texas. Caller good morning. This two years ago, in area, we had a hurricane. From that came federal funds that direct how people could utilize wanting to restore their homes and their lives. In so much that those restrictions were placed, i have real concerns that we hear Congress Talk about blocking money for programs when it has tools in the fans to put the requirements and any money that funds this program, how money is spent. I think, unfortunately, this has become the political football. I am no fan ofle abortions, i also know that the Supreme Court has ruled on it. I think it is congresses spots ability to follow the constitution in line with the separation of powers. I am concerned that this is an effort on the part of some people to change the balance on how the system is supposed to work. Like anyone else, i would like to know whether or not the accusations against planned parenthood is correct and accurate. Im not sure i can get an independent assessment for people who are willing to defund the program until the program can prove it is innocent. That is kind of counterintuitive determination the of guilt or innocence, dont you think . The list,y in indiana. Youre next. Aller thank you i guess what i dont understand parenthood is supposed to counsel people, girls, on birth control, or whatever they need done. It is not supposed to be on abortion. I guess what i dont understand is why are these planned parenthood clinics, they have abortion facilities, they are saying that none of this money is going towards abortion, yet when you watch those videos, you can see that planned parenthood about we dont have anything written, we have to be very careful about what we say. Knowems to me that they do that they are spending government money for that kind of a process. E should definitely Fund Planned Parenthood for what planned parenthood was supposed , not the other portion. When republicans say, we dont want to fund it, what they dont want to fund is the abortion part. What the sneakiness about what theyre doing, you know they are doing that. They are using some of that money. That, to me, is wrong. I totally believe women should be able to have an abortion if they want it. They either chose to have unsafe sex, or whatever. It is their responsibility to ,ay for their own aborted fetus not any of my money. I want my money to go towards helping girls and women that , ultrasounds, or whatever they need for their life, not to pay for their abortion. Sandrina in new jersey. Good morning. Caller i believe that planned parenthood should be funded. I believe the Republican Party attacking planned parenthood is another option of trying to stop abortions. It is a womans right to decide what to do with her body. Needed fors are those who need it. It is not to space on abortion not just based on abortion. Host once again, 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. And, for independents, 202 7458002. On the front page of the Washington Post, their lead story about the choice to be secretary of army. It is eric fanning, who would be the first openly gay secretary, if approved by the senate. His Sexual Orientation seemed a nonissue among democrats and republicans in congress who are far more worried about the state of the army. Host if you go to the pages of the new york times, a story about the marines and how they are doing with the issue of women in combat. Host adele, memphis, tennessee, independent line. Good morning. We are talking with the houseful yesterday on planned parenthood. What are your thoughts on it . Caller good morning as well. My thoughts is that it is unnecessary. As a teenager, i went to planned parenthood. I was a virgin. I went to college. Fell in love. I came home and talked to my friend. He took me to planned parenthood to get on the pill. Theew up in a time in 1980s i graduate from high school we were just trying to be cautious. It taught me to check my breast each month and do things that are necessary. Im not an advocate for abortion, but i do realize the vast to do with someone else, their body, and god. I am not in favor of congress doing things like this. I think it is wrong, divisive, thingsir goal is to keep divided up there. I compare this to what happened with the gay movement. Congress was so against everything. You would hear them saying so many things. These republicans were so staunch against so many things, but in the end, they were the ones who passed so much. Now, everything has changed in this country. Ves in have secret li secret codes. I think that we, as the people, should try something, and i dont know what. Some sort of movement to stop them from tearing things up in this country. Planned parenthood was good for me. As a matter fact, i got off that pill and the very person that i went to college and felt love with, i married. Host from illinois, here is howard, republican line. Pedro. Good morning, one thing i have not heard planned parenthood is a very financially stable company. I dont even think it needs any support from the government. Theynd, you never heard are still getting their funding and everything. That is not the problem. It is what they are using it for. If they would just take this goes back to his payback on his donors when he first got into office. That is why he is such a staunch supporter of planned parenthood. If you want to shut the whole government down and blame the republicans, like they always do, then go ahead and do it. Thehave your money in planned parenthood, you use it. Or a butcher and abortion im not totally against abortion, there are sometimes when i think it is necessary. That is my comment. Journale washington wall streete of journal has a picture of a billboard in cuba. Here is the schedule that you can see on cspan. That starts next tuesday in maryland. Afternoon,tin the the pope will be greeted by president obama and the first lady. On wednesday, here in washington, d. C. , there will be a white house welcoming. At 4 00 p. M. , mass at the basilica of the national shrine. Thursday, the address to a joint meeting of congress. Friday, in york, he will give a speech to the u. N. General assembly and the multi religious service at the 9 11 memorial. Pope francis visit will be covered by cspan. You can go to our website for more information at cspan. Org. In highland park, illinois, here is lou. Caller you know, i have a daughter. I just want to ask each republican listening to the show, if their daughter was imbecile, drug crazed who has some kind of medical infection like hepatitis, when they want their daughter to carry that fetus to term . Are you kidding . The republicans have to stop acting as if the Republican Party is