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The Al Franken Podcast

72: Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms!

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Richards Discusses Roe-vember


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0:00.0

Hey, everybody.

0:05.9

I got a great one today.

0:08.1

And you know, usually when I say that, I'm lying.

0:10.7

But not today.

0:11.6

Not today.

0:13.1

That's because we got Cecile Richards, someone who is, I would say, an icon.

0:19.4

Cecil Richards, of course, was the president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018

0:24.8

and as co-founder of Super Majority of Political Action Committee that focuses on getting

0:30.3

women voting and elected to office.

0:33.6

Planned Parenthood is the number one provider of reproductive services for women in the United States,

0:41.2

serving millions of women a year across our country, providing a whole host of services, birth control,

0:48.6

cancer screenings, STD tests, pregnancy-related services, primary care, and abortions.

0:55.8

Now, in 2011, we were having a debate in the Senate about the budget, and Arizona Senator

1:02.9

John Kyle, Republican colleague, went to the floor to attack funding for Planned Parenthood

1:09.4

and said, that's what he said, quote,

1:12.1

if you want an abortion,

1:14.3

you go to Planned Parenthood,

1:16.1

and that's well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does.

1:23.1

Well, that was actually a little off.

1:25.8

Actually, 3% of Planned Parenthood's budget went to providing abortions, at least that year.

1:34.4

And after that was pointed out, Kyle's staff released a statement saying,

1:40.2

this is a quote, his remark was not intended to be a factual statement.

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