Vancouver resident Ann Makar shares a recent interaction with Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
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I sent this message through Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ website, requesting that she support the defunding of Planned Parenthood:
“The federal government has no reason to fund abortion providers. There are thousands of care centers for women, including many that charge NO MONEY to the girls and women they serve. Many of these centers are run by donors and volunteers. Why should our federal tax dollars be sent to Planned Parenthood, which also receives tax money from state, county, and local sources?”
She responded: “Growing up, my dad was the pastor of a small evangelical church, and as a child, I attended pro-life rallies with my mom. I have deep respect for those who see the gift of life as the beautiful gift it is. But as a mom now, I know pregnancy is informed by highly specific, personal circumstances, and when and how and which pregnancies are nurtured is not a choice that can be made by policy-wonks who’ve never heard of preeclampsia or placenta previa.
“I understand that we won’t see eye to eye on every issue, but I want you to know that I take very seriously my responsibility to represent every member of our community and be an independent voice for Washington’s Third Congressional District. Please [know] I will keep your input in mind if legislation related to this issue comes to a vote before the House.”
While I appreciate the tone of her reply, Marie sadly fails to recognize the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.
Ann Makar
Vancouver
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The most effective way to judge anybody is by their actions. Because a person’s actions truly tell you more about a person than anything else. A person’s words are often a mask of lies and deception….
Maria, your ignorance is in your reply, your voting on feelings YOU HAVE not on what is true and factual. You are supposed to represent our community not YOURSELF!!!
Trusting you has fallen by the wayside for me.
Maire Gluesenkamp-Perez wrote a bill to make it easy to give yourself an abortion at home. She didn’t check into the health effects and the Clean Water Act. The two pills a mother would take stay active in the toilet to tap water, for a certain amount of time, measured at ppt. This is also floating down rivers and streams.
I urge everyone to watch this You tube: Abortion Pill Active Chemicals is Found in US…
The Epoch Times reporter interviews the woman carrying out the studies. Especially high abortion rates near college campuses.
The covid jabs have sterilized many and causes a high rate of miscarriages. Will these abortion pills cause others and animals to abort their babies?
The abortion pills are still active for some time in our recycled water. If they can’t get the medicines out what do you think these baby killing moms are sharing with everyone else? Where does the baby go? Do they sort it from the sewer sludge? Or if it is really small, is it filtered into our tap water?
I would like to see a clinic for the women who want to kill their babies. Have a doctor on hand to monitor the event. Have the woman deliver in a camping toilet. “A bucket with a toilet seat on it and a bag to catch the fetus and bury it when done!” This way we don’t drink it in our recycled water or babies in sewage sludge on farmland.
There have been numerous articles on women bleeding severely, getting sepsis, or not having all the placenta coming out. Do some research.
Remember this when Maire Gluesenkamp-Perez comes up for reelection!