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Day 6

Being a Republican -- and a supporter of Planned Parenthood

The week after a shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado, the U.S. Senate voted to de-fund the organization. While President Obama has vowed to veto the bill, one Republican says his party's anti-Planned Parenthood stance needs to change.
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Left: a New Hampshire Planned Parenthood clinic closes its doors after being targetted with vandalism. Top right: Senate Republicans, including Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee helped pass a bill this week to pull federal funds from Planned Parenthood, despite a pledge from President Barack Obama to veto the bill. Bottom right: Vicki Cowart, center, executive director of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, attends a vigil to mark the deadly Nov. 27 shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood that left three dead. (James M. Patterson/Valley News via AP/J. Scott Applewhite/AP/David Zalubowski/AP)

A shooting last Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs left three dead and nine wounded. And when 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear was arrested at the scene of the shooting, witnesses reported that he said, quote "no more baby parts." 

Planned Parenthood pointed to what they called "hateful rhetoric and smear campaigns" as part of the reason for the attack. And some critics point the finger at prominent Republicans for the spread of this rhetoric.

Randy Moody is the co-chair of Republicans for Planned Parenthood. (Provided)

This week, Senate Republicans used their majority to approve a bill that would repeal federal funds for Planned Parenthood. President Barack Obama has vowed to veto it. 

While the opposition to Planned Parenthood has long broken down on party lines, it's not universally so. Randy Moody follows the Republican Party's political strategy closely -- he's a Republican himself. But he thinks the strategy to come out swinging against Planned Parenthood is flawed. He's the co-chair and co-founder of Republicans for Planned Parenthood, and Brent's guest on Day 6 this week.

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