Katie Short refutes Cheryl Rollings in letter

From the California Catholic Daily:

On Jan. 22, the Ventura County Star published an opinion piece by Cheryl Rollings, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties Inc., entitled ?Reproductive rights must be protected.? Catherine Short, legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, responded to the item with a letter to the editor challenging Rollings? data. An edited version of Short?s letter was published by the Star on Jan. 25. California Catholic Daily has obtained a copy of Short?s original letter, and publishes it below in its entirety.

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Cheryl Rollings cites made up statistics and complains about Bush's appointment to oversee Title X, the federal family planning program. Katie Short responds to this:

Ms. Rollings says Bush?s pick opposes the wishes of voters who ?do not want lawmakers to intrude into our personal and private medical decisions.? Wait, hit the playback button. People don?t want government ?intrusion? in a taxpayer-financed program? Ms. Rollings, you?re right. The federal government should not be in the family planning business, intruding in people?s private medical decisions. So let?s eliminate the Title X program altogether, and pull the rug right out from under Bush and his interfering, ?anti-choice? appointee.

Brava!