The Tea Party is threatening another government shutdown unless the Republican Party defunds Planned Parenthood. Their goal is to take away the right of abortion in this country. They have already made great headway. In Red States governed by Republicans, numerous Planned Parenthood facilities have been forced to close.

Planned Parenthood has done nothing wrong. No charges have been made. They are highly respected for their health care to the poor without health insurance. The undercover videos of aborted embryo tissues was an organized ploy to rile up public support against Planned Parenthood for just such a time like this. The Tea Party is a religious sect intent on our country outlawing abortion for any reason.

In Uruguay an 11-year-old girl recently gave birth. She had been raped and impregnated. She was denied an abortion by the government. She is one of many forced to give birth.

Terrible things are done in God’s name and the chaos in the world reflects that. We are a country of many religions. No one religion has the right to impose its views on other religions.

Our Constitution provides for the Separation of Church and State. I hope it

survives. Gene Proctor, West Bath