There are a number of hot battles going on in Washington, DC and across the country this year. We have budgets with deficits, raising the national debt limit, getting health care under control, and an ever-changing field of people who have announced—or are about to announce—their candidacy for president. None of the fights has been hotter than the struggle over the funding of Planned Parenthood. In the Planned Parenthood funding fight, it appears that the figure of 97 percent has achieved a startling degree of importance among both sides of the debate. Read more …
June 14, 2011