--- title: Hillary Clinton Criticizes Proposals to Defund Planned Parenthood description: Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton found undercover videos of Planned Parenthood disturbing, but she defended the organization. canonical: https://time.com/3979181/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood-congress/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T19:15:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:13.008Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton Criticizes Proposals to Defund Planned Parenthood og:description: "It is regrettable that Republicans are trying to undermine those services." og:url: https://time.com/3979181/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b2efde4de0c0d5c/69885d41e20a87871da8c873/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Secretary Hillary Clinton tours the DART Central Station, before taking questions from journalists, to highlight her climate change policy announcement, in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, July 27, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton Criticizes Proposals to Defund Planned Parenthood twitter:description: "It is regrettable that Republicans are trying to undermine those services." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b2efde4de0c0d5c/69885d41e20a87871da8c873/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Criticizes Proposals to Defund Planned Parenthood > Sponsored content. 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Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) and [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) Jul 30, 2015 7:15 PM UTC  Secretary Hillary Clinton tours the DART Central Station, before taking questions from journalists, to highlight her climate change policy announcement, in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, July 27, 2015. Secretary Hillary Clinton tours the DART Central Station, before taking questions from journalists, to highlight her climate change policy announcement, in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, July 27, 2015. The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) and [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) Jul 30, 2015 7:15 PM UTC Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton may agree with Republicans that recent undercover videos taken of Planned Parenthood employees are disturbing, but she disagrees with what they want to do next. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with AFL-CIO leaders in Silver Spring, Maryland, Clinton said the organization has “provided essential service for women in our country” for more than a century. “I think it is regrettable that Republicans are once again trying to undermine, even end those services that so many women have needed and taken advantage of,” she said. “I think that it’s another effort by the Republicans to try to limit the health care options of women and we should not let them succeed once again.” The Center for Medical Progress released several secretly recorded videos this month showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue extraction and the costs involved. Republicans have alleged that the videos show the organization is illegally selling fetal parts and called for publicly defunding the group. Planned Parenthood has defended itself, saying it only receives reimbursements for associated costs, which is allowed. Eighteen House Republicans [have already said](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/government-shut-down-planned-parenthood-120787.html) they will not support any government funding resolutions this fall that contain any funding for Planned Parenthood. Under the long-standing Hyde Amendment, none of the federal money that goes to Planned Parenthood can be spent on abortions. On Tuesday, Clinton [told the New Hampshire _Union Leader_](http://time.com/3976736/hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood-video/) that she had seen pictures from the videos and found them “disturbing,” adding that they raise broader questions about the process of fetal tissue donation. ## Transcript You know, I'm not sittin' here some little woman standing here by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sittin' here because I love him, and I respect him. Now is our chance to beat the historical odds, and give the American people the health security they need. If there is one message that echoes forth from this. Let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. The great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast right- wing conspiracy that has been conspiring. Against my husband since the day he announced for president. I would be happy to, when you give me the signed letters. Well, right here. Right here. When you give me. Right here. Sign it right now. We'll shake. We'll shake on this, Ray. No, no, I want your signature, cause I think that everybody wants to see you signing something that you said you were for. You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't wanna see us fall backwards. Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. The battle to stop Al Qaeda and its affiliates. Does not end with one death. What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. I took the unprecedented step of asking that the state department make all my work- related emails, [ MUSIC ] Public for everyone to see. 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