There will be a vote in the Senate to defund PP

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(07-28-2015, 11:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: What makes you so sure of that?

Planned Parenthood  has been used by many women for a wide variety of services, not just abortions.

During the 2012 election, 31% of women believed there was a wide-spread effort to reduce their access to reproductive services. 45% believed there was an effort, but not that wide spread. Only 7% believed there wasn't. Defund Planned Parenthood, and those numbers increase. 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-usa-healthcare-women-idUSBRE84U05D20120531

There's also the reality that women are more likely to be pro-choice, and this defunding will be seen as an attempt to reduce women's access to safe abortions. 

http://www.gallup.com/poll/183434/americans-choose-pro-choice-first-time-seven-years.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/poll/170249/split-abortion-pro-choice-pro-life.aspx

There's also the fact that even a majority of Republican women in 2014 saw the Democrats as being better at preserving their access to reproductive services. Independent women favored Democrats 60-40 with this issue. 86% of voters saw it as an important issue.

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/media/press-releases/2014/pr11122014_poll.html

But there really was no big assault in 2012 or 2014. Defund Planned Parenthood, however, and you've given the opposition plenty of ammo.