Seven House Republicans who broke from their party to support continued funding for Planned Parenthood are being lauded as heroes by the venerable family-planning organization—even as conservative activists are raising the specter of possible primary challenges if they continue to stray.
From Top to Bottom: Representatives Judy Biggert (IL), Robert Dold (IL), and Mary Bono Mack (CA). (Photos by AP Photo, 3; Getty Images, 1) The defining vote was on the Pence Amendment, named after its sponsor, Republican Mike Pence of Indiana, which would cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood not only for family planning but for basic cancer screening and health care services for poor and low-income women. The seven dissenters are Robert Dold and Judy Biggert of Illinois, Richard Hanna of New York, Mary Bono Mack of California, Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, and Charles Bass of New Hampshire.
Via Seven GOP Lawmakers Who Backed Planned Parenthood Could Face Primary Challenges - The Daily Beast
