In reading Ms. Shah’s article, I felt that there was some bias against certain political parties and I would like to offer another possible reason that Congress is looking at cutting funding that is not politically biased.  

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t specifically list organizations such as Planned Parenthood as the responsibility of the federal government. These organizations fall into the Tenth Amendment, which gives the states the power that is not directly specified for the federal government.

Therefore Planned Parenthood shouldn’t receive federal funding under the Constitution. Rather, funding is left to the states or private individuals. Federal funding for Planned Parenthood may be viewed as unconstitutional by members of Congress, and that could be why they are being targeted instead of defense spending.

Nathanael Morgan

sophomore, biomedical engineering