Health, Department of; expenditure of funds related to abortions and family planning services. (HB1090)

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY 9 AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY 10th.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM ROCK RIDGE, MR. CLINE.

Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst): THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD MOVE TO REJECT THE HEALTH WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE QUESTION IS ON ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS. AS MANY AS FAVOR THAT MOTION WILL SAY AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO.

Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst): THE GENTLEMAN VOTED TWICE.

[Unknown]: THE AMENDMENT IS NOT AGREED TO. MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENT.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE QUESTION IS ON ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. AS MANY AS FAVOR THAT MOTION WILL SAY AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO. THAT AMENDMENT IS AGREED TO. THE GENTLEMAN FROM ROCK RIDGE.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE, HOUSE BILL 1090 PRIORITIZES THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF NONMEDICAID PUBLIC FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND MATERNOFETAL CARE BY MAKE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FIRST AND PRIMARILY TO GENERAL CARE FACILITIES, WHICH DO NOT PERFORM ABORTIONS. THERE ARE WELL OVER 140 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED AND RURAL CLINICS IN VIRGINIA THAT OFFER THE SERVICES THAT WOMEN NEED. THE CLINICS OFFER FAR MORE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THAN ANY OTHER PROVIDERS WITH NONE OF THE CONTROVERSY. THEY PROVIDE IMMUNIZATIONS, DIABETES AND GLAUCOMA SCREENINGS, CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS, PEDIATRIC AYE, EAR, DENTAL SCREENINGS, WELL CHILD SERVICES AND MORE. WE LOOK AT OUR HEALTHCARE SITUATION AND THE RISING COST TO OUR CITIZENS, WE HAVE A DUTY TO ALLOCATE AVAILABLE FUNDING IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER POSSIBLE. THE BEST WAY THE STATE CAN FULFILL ITS DUTY TO EFFICIENTLY STEWARD THESE FUNDS IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE POINT OF SERVICE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. I HOPE IT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE HOUSE TO ENGROSSES THE BILL AND PASS IT ON TO ITS THIRD READING.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM FAIRFAX.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. HOUSE BILL 1090 WOULD PROHIBIT THE COMMONWEALTH FROM ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS OR MAKING GRANTS TO COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS, WHICH HAVE ALL EXEMPTED -- WHICH HAS EXEMPTED ALL HOSPITALS, INCLUDING VCU HEALTH SYSTEMS AND UBA MEDICAL CENTERS THAT THIS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON ONE ENTITY, THAT BEING PLANNED PARENTHOOD. MR. SPEAKER, VIRGINIA RESIDENTS NEED GREATER ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, NOT DIMINISHED ACCESS. IT HAS BEEN THE WILL OF THIS BODY NOT TO DRAW DOWN OUR OWN MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND HEALTHCARE TO THE MOST NEEDY OF VIRGINIA AND SEE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO VOTE NO ON THE BILL, WHICH WOULD FURTHER REDUCE THE LIMITED NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, NOBODY DISPUTES THAT, I THINK, INCLUDING LIFESAVING CANCER SCREENINGS, CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES, AND TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. FOR MANY WOMEN, PLANNED PARENTHOOD SERVICES SERVES AS A CRITICAL ENTRY POINT TO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INCLUDING BY OFFERING REGULAR SCREENINGS FOR OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND TOBACCO USE, AND BY OFFERING COUNSELING, TREATMENT, OR REFERRALS WHEN ADDITIONAL CARE IS NEEDED. CURRENTLY 60% OF WOMEN WHO RECEIVE SERVICES AT PUBLICLY FUNDED FAMILY PLANNING CENTERS CONSIDER IT THEIR SOURCE OF PRIMARY CARE, THAT'S 60%, USE THESE CLINICS FOR THEIR PRIMARY CARE. LAST YEAR PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CENTERS SERVED OVER 22,000 MEN AND WOMEN AT ITS SIX HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. AT THOSE HEALTH CENTERS, MORE THAN 1900 SCREENINGS FOR CERVICAL CANCER WERE CONDUCTED, 2,000 BREAST EXAMS, MORE THAN 16,000 PATIENTS RECEIVED BIRTH CONTROL SERVICES, MORE THAN 1300 WELL WOMEN EXAMS AND 733 PRIMARY CARE VISITS. THOSE ARE THE STATISTICS. IN THE RICHMOND AREA ALONE, 1300 WOMEN, MEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO FREE STI CLEANINGS, AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD. LET'S NOT REDUCE ACCESS. STATES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, IT'S TURNED INTO -- THEY'VE HAD SOME BAD CONSEQUENCES. THERE WAS A RURAL COUNTY IN INDIANA WHERE HIV EPIDEMIC EXPLODED, WE HAVE IN OUR OWN STATE AN EPIDEMIC ELSEWHERE OF HEPATITIS C INFECTIONS. WE NEED MORE HEALTHCARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE IT'S HARD TO FIND, ON ABORTION, WHICH IS A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT, OUR FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS CAN ONLY PROVIDE FIRST TRIMESTER ABORTIONS. THAT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I CAME HERE 13 YEARS AGO. SO IF THIS BILL WERE TO BASS, -- PASS AND BECOME LAW, THINK OF THE DEMAND FOR THESE SERVICES THAT WILL NOW BE AT OUR HOSPITALS, WHICH FOR SOME REASON ARE EXEMPTED FROM THIS BILL. AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I HOPE THAT WE WILL DEFEAT THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM CULPEPER.

[Unknown]: SPEAKING TO THE BILL?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: I HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS ACTUALLY AN ABORTION SURVIVOR. HER MOTHER WAS RAPED, AND WENT IN TO RECEIVE AN ABORTION, THE ABORTION DID NOT TAKE THE FIRST TIME. SHE WENT BACK AGAIN. IT WAS A CHEMICAL ABORTION. IT DID NOT TAKE THE SECOND TIME. THE SECOND TIME WAS ALL IT TOOK FOR HER MOTHER TO REALIZE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO DO AND SO NOW SIZE I -- SUSIE IS THE MOTHER OF TWO, INCREDIBLE PERSON, INCREDIBLE MOTHER, I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNCONSCIONABLE THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WHERE THIS IS PERMITTED TO HAPPEN AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HER TAX DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE THIS BILLION DOLLARS INDUSTRY? THIS BILL DOES NOT PREVENT SOMEONE FROM GOING OUT AND SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY. IT ATTEMPTS TO REPRIORITIZE MONEY TO THOSE CLINICS THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE. AWAY FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AGAIN WE'RE SITTING HERE FORCING SUSIE WHEN SHE HAS TROUBLE MAKING THE BILLS OR WHATNOT AND WE'RE TELLING HER, WE'RE TAKING A PORTION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND WE'RE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE AN INDUSTRY THAT TRIED TO KILL YOU TWICE. SO I HOPE IT WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THIS BODY TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM FAIRFAX.

[Unknown]: WOULD THE GENTLEMAN RESUME THE FLOOR FOR A QUESTION? WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. I WOULD ASK THE GENTLEMAN, DID HIS FRIEND SURVIVE A FIRST TRIMESTER ABORTION? YES, SHE DID. >> MR. SPEAKER, FURTHER QUESTION? WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD? I YIELD. SO YOUR FRIEND SURVIVED AN ABORTION AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD FIRST TRIMESTER ABORTION CLINIC? NO, IT WAS NOT PLANNED PARENT HEED FIRST TRIMESTER ABORTION. MAY I SPEAK FURTHER. NOW IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME. ANY TYPE OF ABORTION THAT'S LATER IN TERM -- IT NEVER HAS BEEN DONE IN AN ABORTION CLINIC IN VIRGINIA. IF HIS FRIEND SURVIVED AN ABORTION ATTEMPT, IT WAS -- IN VIRGINIA, IT WAS AT A HOSPITAL. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM FREDERICK,

[Unknown]: SPEAK TO THE BILL, MR. MR. COLLINS. SPEAKER?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VERY BRIEFLY, I WAS BORN IN 1971, PRIOR TO ROEVWADE AND ADOPTED THROUGH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES. WE CAN SIT AND ARGUE BACK AND FORTH. WE KNOW EACH OTHER'S ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. I THINK EVERYONE CAN SWITCH SIDES IN THIS CHAMBER AND MAKE THE OTHER PERSON'S ARGUMENTS FOR THEM. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT DISTURBS ME THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT ABORTION. I HAVE TWO SISTERS WHO TRAVELED OVERSEAS TO ADOPT CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ADOPT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. I WAS ADOPTED MYSELF. MY WIFE AND I TRIED TO ADOPT A CHILD WITH VERY SIGNIFICANT RED TAPE PREVENTING US. AND I THINK THIS CHAMBER WOULD BE BETTER SERVED TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION FROM ABORTION TO ADOPTION. LET'S GIVE THESE MOTHERS A CHOICE, NOT BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH, BUT TO SHOW THEM THAT THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

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SHALL THE BILL PASS? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. AYES 64, NOS 35. AYES 64, NOS 35, THE BILL IS PASSED. TURNING TO PAGE 44 OF THE PRINTED CALENDAR, HOUSE BILL EIGHT, A BILL TO AMEND AND REENACT SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE VIRGINIA VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

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Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield): NECESSARY. THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LETHAL INJECTION DRUGS.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL HOUSE BILL 815 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILLE S AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CH THEIR VOTE? ANGE THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 22, NOS 17. AYES 22, NOS 17. THE BILL PASSES. HOUSE BILL 1090. A BILL RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EXPEN TITHER OF FUNDS RELATED TO ABORTIONS AND FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND NEWMAN.NEW-MILE-AN-HOUR. HEALTH. I MOVE THAT THE BILL PASS AND SPEAKING TO THE MOTION. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. THIS BILL PROHIBITS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM SPENDING ANY FUNDS ON AN ABORTION NOT SQUALLIFIED FOR MATCH FUNDS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. THAT IS BASICALLY THE HYDE AMENDMENT IS WHAT THAT PART COVERS. MR. PRESIDENT, PART TWO PROVIDES THAT ANY GRANT OR ANY OTHER FUNDS TO ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN HOSPITALS IS ALSO PROHIBITED IF YOU PERFORM ABORTION SERVICES. , IT HAS PRIORITIZATION OF HOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH GRANTS. I WOULD MOVE THAT THE BILL PASS. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL HOUSE BILL 1090 -- EXCUSE ME, THE SENATOR FROM ARLINGTON. SENATOR FAVOLA. SPEAKING TO THE MOTION. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. I WOULD ASK THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL. THERE ARE ALREADY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS ON THE BOOKS WHICH PROHIBIT THE PUBLIC FUNDING OF FUNDING OFABORTION. IT WOULD ONLY BE INDICATE THE IN RAIN, INCEST OR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. LAWS PASSED ESPECIALLY IN 2010 WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW ABORTION SERVICES IN INSURANCE PLANS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN OUR EXCHANGES. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVISIONS IN STATUTE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PROHIBIT THIS EXPENDITURE OF STATE DOLLARS FOR ABORTIONS. WHAT THIS BILL REALLY DOES IS IT TRIES TO PUNISH PLANNED PARENTHOOD. AND LET'S BE CLEAR. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA GETS FEDERAL TITLE X MONEY BUT WHEN WE GET THE MONEY THE STATE HAS ENTERED CAREFULLY CRAFTED CONTRACTS WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND OTHER CLINICS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT BODY WOULD AGREE WITH. FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN. WE HAVE ENTERED CONTRACTS WITH CLINICS. CERVICAL CANCER SCREENS. BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TEST. NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY KEEP WOMEN HEALTHY AND MEN. THERE ARE SIX PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTERS IN VIRGINIA. BLACKSBURG, CHARLOTTESVILLE, HAMPTON, RICHMOND, ROANOKE AND VIRGINIA BEACH. AND LAST YEAR ALONE, THESE SIX CENTERS SERVED OVER 22,000 MEN AND WOMEN AND AT THE CENTERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 1900 SCREENINGS FOR SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT I JUST EXPLAINED OVER 2,000 BREAST EXAMS AND MORE THAN 16,000 PATIENTS RECEIVED BIRTH CONTROL SERVICES. THESE ARE SERVICES THAT KEEP VIRGINIANS HEALTHY. IS SONESS OPTION WHY WE WOULD WANT TO STOP FUND GOING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS REALLY PERPLEXING TO ME. I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT FOR JUNIOR OR WORSE IN RATES OF BREAST CANCER DEATH AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN WOMEN, I THINK THAT IS ABOMINABLE AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT WE MAKE BETTER POLICY, WE SERVE OUR CON AT THIS CONSTITUENTS BETTER AND THE COMMONWEALTH BETTER WHEN WE OPERATE ON FACTS. WHEN WE GET INVOLVED IN POLICY AIMED AT MAKING A STATEMENT AND IS DRIVEN BY IDEOLOGY WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS DO HAVE A DISSERVICE TO OUR CON AT THIS TIME WENTS. I ASK THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE DEFEAT THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM HAMPTON, SENATOR LOCKE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS LEGISLATION. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. MR. PRESIDENT, THE SIX PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CENTERS IN VIRGINIA PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY BASIC HEALTHCARE TO MORE THAN 22,000 VIRGINIANS. 90% OF WHAT THEY DO IS BASIC HEALTHCARE. LIFE SAVING CANCER SCREENINGS, WELL WOMEN EXAMS, BIRTH CONTROL TEST AND TREATMENT. LAST YEAR, PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROVIDED 16,441 BIRTH CONTROL VISITS AND 5,616 STI TESTS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONE IN FIVE WOMEN WILL RELY ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR HEALTHCARE IN THEIR LIFETIME. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD JEOPARDIZE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WHO RELY ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD. 5% PERCENT OF MR.'S HEALTH CENTERS IN URAL OR UNDERSERVED AREAS. PATIENTS WOULD HAVE NO WORE ELSE TO TURN FOR REPRODUCTIVE THE IDEA THAT OTHER PROVIDERS HEALTHCARE. COULD ABSORB PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S PATIENTS HAS BEEN DISMISSED BY EXPERTS. THE AMERICAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION CALLED THIS IDEA LUDICROUS. THIS LEGISLATION TARGETS ONE ORGANIZATION AND THAT IS PLANNED PARENTHOOD. AND THESE ATTACKS ARE PART OF A CLEAR POLITICAL AGENDA HIDING BEHIND DISCREDITED VIDEOS TO BAN ABORTION AND ROLL BACK ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. I ASK THAT WE VOTE NO. THE JUNIOR SENATOR FROM HENRICO, SENATOR DUNNAVANT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SPEAK TO THE BILL. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BILL IS UNDERTODAY PROPERLY. AS A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR WOMEN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS DOES NOT INTERFERE AT ALL WITH THE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR WHICH THEY BILL ICD 9 AND OTHER CODES THAT ARE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY ANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IN VIRGINIA. THIS SIMPLY LIMITS THE ABILITY OF THE STATE TO GIVE MONEY TO THOSE -- TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD THAT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY TIED TO THOSE BILLING PROCEDURES IN THAT PRIMARY CARE.

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Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst): THAT.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst): MR. SPEAKER, I LISTENED TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE STATEMENTS IN THE MORNING HOUR ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ABOUT WHICH BILLS HE'D VETO. AND SEWED THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNOR DID. WHEN IT CAME TO HOUSE BILL 1090, THE GOVERNOR HANDLED THIS BILL VERY DIFFERENTLY. BY GOING DOWN TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF RICHMOND HAVING A PEP RALLY AND VETOING THE BILL. LOOKING AT THE RISING COSTS TO OUR CITIZENS AND STATE WE HAVE A DUTY TO ALLOCATE AVAILABLE FUNDING. THE BEST WAY IS ENSURE THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED. HOUSE BILL 1090 ARE FUNDED PRIOR TO ABORTION CENTERS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THERE ARE 40 CLINIC THAT'S OFFER MORE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES LIKE ABORTION CENTERS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD BUT NONE OF THE CONTROVERSY. THEY PROVIDE SCREENINGS, PEDIATRIC SCREENINGS, WELL CHILD SERVICES, AND MORE. HOUSE BILL 1090 PRIORITIZES FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND MATERNAL FETAL CARE, MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO CARE FACILITIES THAT DO NOT PERFORM ABORTIONS, ENSURING THE MONEY IS DIRECTED TO HEALTH CLINICS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE. REGARDLESS OF THE WELL FUNDED PR CAMPAIGN THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUY, THEY CANNOT ERASE HOURS OF VIDEOS WHERE, OVER LUNCH REPRESENTATIVES OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD DISCUSSED WITH NO COMPASSION, THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE. EVEN GOVERNOR McAULIFFE DEEMED THE VIDEOS DISTURBING. HE VETOED THIS BILL AND DIDN'T SEEM TOO DISTURBED THE FACILITY WHERE HE HELD THIS VETO PEP RALLY IS THE SAME FACILITY WHERE EVIDENCE OF BOTCHED ABORTIONS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS WERE FOUND. I ASK YOU TO VOTE TO SUPPORT WOMENS' HEALTH, LIFE, AND TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. THANK YOU.

[Unknown]: GENTLE WOMAN FROM FAIRFAX, MISS WATTS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, SPEAKING TO THE MOTION.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING SAID SEVERAL TIMES. WE'VE ALL BEEN AT BILL SIGNING CEREMONIES. I'VE BEEN AT OTHERS IN FEBRUARY, AND HAVE BEEN AT BILL SIGNINGS ON MEMORIAL DAY. THERE ARE TIMES AND PLACES SO THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THERE IS PRIORITY THAT IS UNTOWARD AND WHATEVER CEREMONIES MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS TIME IS JUST AN UNFAIR REPRESENTATION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD OF HOW WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS. NOW HAVING SET THAT RECORD STRAIGHT, LET ME SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AS FAR AS PLANNED PARENTHOOD. WHICH PROVIDES MANY HEALTH SERVICES, THE LEAST IS THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS THAT ARE PERFORMED. IN ANY SIX CLINICS. IT IS A FULL SERVICE HEALTH CENTER FOR WOMENS' HEALTH CARE FOR 80% WHO ARE UNDER 180% OF POVERTY. IT WAS MY SOURCE OF HEALTH CARE IN MY EARLY YEARS OF MARRIAGE WHEN I COULD NOT AFFORD ANY OTHER TYPE OF HEALTH CARE, BUT THE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES WERE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN BEING ABLE TO THE PROPER CONTRACEPTIVES. IF I WAS GOING TO BE A RESPONSIBLE PARENT SOME DAY. THIS IS WHAT OVER 50% OF THE CLIENTS OF THESE HEALTH CLINICS NEED. AND WHEN DEBATING THE UNMET NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE, WE SEE HEADLINES WITH INCREDIBLE STORIES THAT LEAVE THOUSANDS TO WAIT OVERNIGHT TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET, WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING A BILL THAT TAKES AWAY HEALTH SERVICES FROM THE SIX CLINICS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD? I HAVE NO PROBLEM ABOUT FUNDING 140 OTHER CLINICS. I HAVE CERTAINLY THE BILL TARGETED THIS ONE ISSUE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS DIRECTING THAT SAME ADMONITIONS AT HOSPITALS WHO PROVIDE NECESSARY HEALTH SERVICES THAT WOMEN IN THEIR PRODUCTIVE YEARS NEED TO HAVE WITHOUT OUTSIDE JUDGMENT OF ANYONE OTHER THAN THEIR DOCTORS AND THINGS THAT ARE INTIMATERY INVOLVED IN THEIR HEALTH DECISIONS. I URGE YOU NOT TO LIMIT HEALTH CARE BUT ALLOW THE FUNDING OF THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINICS FOR MINOR SERVICES AND THE IMPACT SAYS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE, DIAGNOSIS. WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO TAKE THOSE PREVENTATIVE STEPS AND INCUR GREATER EXPENSE OVER ONE ISSUE THAT IS AN OVERKILL IN THIS BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN FROM CULPEPPER.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THE CAPITOL POLICE FOR THE STRAW MEN KILLED TODAY. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO INVESTIGATE THAT. WHAT THIS COMES DOWN IS NOBODY IS DEBATING THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. I THINK I LOVE THIS STATISTIC ABOUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD THAT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE IS PROVIDING ABORTION. USING THAT LOGIC, I CAN PROVE McDONALDS IS NOT ACTUALLY A FAST FOOD PLACE, BUT A STRAW DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. IF I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STRAW, NAPKIN, AND FREE PLAYGROUND, I MEAN, THEY GIVE AWAY MOST SERVICES FOR FREE AND HAMBURGERS IS JUST SECONDARY. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES THE OVER ALL DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR SERVICES OR WHAT THEY PROVIDE. WHERE ARE THEY GETTING A MAJORITY OF REVENUE FROM? DOES THIS BILL SHUT DOWN ABORTION CLINICS? DOES IT SHUT DOWN PLANNED PARENTHOOD? NO. WHAT IT DOES IS SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUBSIDIZE IT WITH TAX DOLLARS. I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF MY FRIEND WHO IS AN ABORTION SURVIVOR. THIS INDUSTRY TRIED TO KILL HER NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY YES, WE TWICE. KNOW IT'S A $1 BILLION INDUSTRY. WE NEED YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO KEEP DOORS OPEN. THOSE CLINICS PROVIDE HEALTH CARE AND HAVE NO PART IN DESTROYING INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN FROM PRINCE WILLIAM, MR. MARSHALL.

Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas): SPEAKING TO THE MEASURE.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas): THANK YOU.

[Unknown]: MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS HERE NEED TO KNOW THE PEDIGREE OF THIS INDUSTRY. I DID CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH ON THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. IN 1925 A CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY. ONE SPEAKER WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BIRTH CONTROL LEAGUE, THE NAME FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD BACK IN 1925. HE SPOKE OF THE BLACK AND YELLOW PERIL MENACING THE SONG. MARGARET SANGER'S OPENING ADDRESS, SHE WANTED A SYSTEM OF BONUSES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE CHILDREN, QUOTE TO, DECREASE THE ININTERRUPTED ADVENT OF THE HOARDS OF THE UNFIT. ANOTHER SPEAKER WAS A HARVARD AUTHOR OF THE BOOK CALLED GRADUATE. "RISING TIDE OF COLOR AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY" HE WAS A NAZI EUGENICIST. ANOTHER WAS HARRY LOCLAHN, TALKING ABOUT BAD STRAINS, WORTHLESS CLASS OF ANTISOCIAL WHITES OF THE SOUTH. MR. SPEAKER, FACTS ARE SOMETHING THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAKES UP. MARGARET SANGER GAVE A TALK AND SAID PUBLIC RECORDS INDICATED IN 1912 AND 1913 THAT 250,000 MOTHERS DIED FROM CAUSES RELATED TO PREGNANCY. MR. SPEAKER, 19,000 WOMEN DIED OF CAUSES ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNITY. AND 1913, 15,000 WOMEN DIED FROM CAUSE AS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNITY. YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER RECORDS HERE. THERE HAKEEM ALI TALKING ABOUT AFTER A CENTURY OF PROGRESS, AMERICA IS AT A CROSS ROADS. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG WOMEN WAS PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. THAT IS NOT CORRECT. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS PER 100,000 IN 1900 WAS 26.9. 198.5 FROM NEPHRITIS. HE SAID IN THIS FAKE REPORT THAT WHITEWASHED ALLEGED SAFLT OF ABORTION, A STUDY OF 170 ELECTIVE ABORTIONS SHOWED NO ONE WOMAN HER FUTURE FERTILITY. THAT IS VERY CURIOUS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ELSEWHERE IN HIS REPORT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE ONLY ASKED SEVEN OF THE 170,000, THEY ASKED 78,200 ABOUT THEIR FERTILITY. HE PROJECTED NO LOSS FOR ALL 170,000. THESE PEOPLE LIE WHEN THEY BREATHE AND SPEAK. IF YOU HAVE THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, FAYE WADDLETON ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE 1960s AND 196515,000 BLACK WOMEN DIED FROM ILLEGAL ABORTION. THE PROBLEM THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WOMEN AGED 15-44 WHO DIED FROM ALL CAUSES WAS ABOUT 13,000. SO SHE'S MANUFACTURED 2,000 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO NEVER EXISTED BUT DIED AND NO WOMAN DIED FROM ANYTHING BUT ABORTION. THEY CAN'T BE BELIEVED, SIMPLY. IN 1970, IN A SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONOPOLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONGRESS REQUIRING A PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT ON BIRTH CONTROL BILLS. I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU CAN EDUCATE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO TAKE A PILL. YOU CAN EDUCATE THE AMERICAN DOCTOR. MY FEELING WHEN YOU TRY TO INSTRUCT A WOMAN ON THIS, WHICH I'M AFRAID SHE'S NOT THE BACKGROUND TO UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE CREATING A PANIC IN HER WITHOUT MUCH INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND. IN 1969, 59, HE CONDEMNED INTERUTERINE DEVICES BECAUSE OF THEIR INEFFECTIVENESS. LATER, PLANNED PARENTHOOD WAS PROMOTING THIS STUFF. IUD. DO YOU REMEMBER THE COMPANY AH THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY HAD AN IUD THAT WAS UNSAFE. ONE DOCTOR AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAID IT WAS SAFE. THIS GROUP OPPOSED ANY KIND OF INFORMATION AND THIS IS NOT A ROBBINS? GROUP THAT SHOULD GET ANY MONEY. I JUST WANTED SOME OF YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR IF YOU VOTE TO SUSTAIN THE VETO.

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