Rep. Gwen Moore on Planned Parenthood and Her Private Life

The Takeaway

A little over a week ago, in the midst of the heated debates around our nation’s proposed federal budget cuts, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI)  attracted national attention.  After 240 of 241 House Republicans voted to strip Planned Parenthood of government funding, Moore spoke up. But rather than just explain that Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider of reproductive health care, she chose to tell her personal story of growing up as a poor, single, teenage mother.  Congresswoman Moore joins us from Wisconsin to talk about her story and her thoughts on reproductive health funding.

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