One of Donald Trump's latest proposals is to block federal funding for any entity that performs, supports, or even tells people about an option of abortion. This proposal is obviously aimed at Planned Parenthood (an obvious effort to please Trump's evangelical supporters), but could even prevent doctors and others from discussing abortion with their patients.
It is already against federal law to use federal government funding to provide abortions. This purely political proposal would instead dent the many other women's health functions of Planned Parenthood, which makes up about 95% of their spending. It is a mean-spirited proposal that would do nothing but harm the ability of millions of women to get health care.
And most Americans don't support it. Only 34% of the public supports Trump's hardhearted proposal -- about the same as the percentage of his base supporters. Meanwhile, a plurality of 47% opposes the proposal. This is not going to bring new voters to support the Republicans in November.
The chart reflects the results of a new Rasmussen Poll -- done on May 20th and 21st of a national sample of 1,000 likely voters, with a 3 point margin of error.
