Subject: Jeb Bush and Crisis Pregnancy Centers Both Have Zero Understanding of What Women’s Health Care Is
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:18:52 +0000

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Yesterday, Jeb Bush claimed that despite offering breast exams, pap smears, and cancer screenings, Planned Parenthood isn’t “doing women's health issues”<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-planned-parenthood_55dcac90e4b0a40aa3ac5fe1?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592&kvcommref=mostpopular>, earning him an illustrious “Pants On Fire”<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/26/jeb-bush/jeb-bush-planned-parenthood-isnt-involved-womens-h/> rating from the largest paper in his home state today (nice work, Jeb!). Today, he said for the umpteenth time that he wants to defund Planned Parenthood, a trusted health care provider that has been used by 1 in 5 women in this country. What’s Jeb Bush’s alternative for women to get the healthcare they need and deserve?

Crisis pregnancy centers.<http://www.salon.com/2015/03/18/crisis_pregnancy_center_tells_woman_her_iud_is_your_baby_plus_countless_other_lies/>

Crisis pregnancy centers aren’t exactly known as providers of trusted, quality healthcare. Instead, these centers have the troubling reputation of providing misleading information<http://www.nwlc.org/resource/%E2%80%9Ccrisis-pregnancy-centers%E2%80%9D-their-deceptive-tactics-and-misleading-information-harm-women> to women when they face an unplanned pregnancy. Instead of providing compassionate care and accurate information about the right to choose, they’re known for trying to shame and blame women for their reproductive choices, all while making inaccurate assertions about abortion, even claiming it can lead to cancer and infertility<http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women/Increasing-Access-to-Abortion>.

Well today, Jeb Bush boasted about directing funding<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-to-visit-crisis-pregnancy-center_55ae8335e4b0a9b94852a64c> to these centers as governor of Florida (watch HERE<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px42kyXyRf8&feature=youtu.be>). He’s even said they inspire<http://t.co/tvIAc13aBF> him.

“We know Jeb Bush is having a tough time understanding what exactly women’s health care is, and now we know why: because he’s found ‘inspiration’ from crisis pregnancy centers - organizations with a reputation of providing false and misleading information about women’s health. Instead of counseling with and supporting crisis pregnancy centers that shame and blame women and their families for their reproductive choices, maybe Jeb Bush should crack open a biology textbook.” –Kaylie Hanson, DNC Director of Women’s Media

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