Last Call

And Romney goes the full Cotton Mather, telling a Missouri crowd he's for the end of Planned Parenthood.

Last year, Mitt Romney supported a Republican plan to eliminate federal funding to Planned Parenthood — a battle that almost shut down the government. And his support for this idea has not faded. Yesterday, Mitt Romney told a local TV reporter in Missouri that he would “get rid of” Planned Parenthood, among other programs, to reduce the deficit:

The test is pretty simple. Is the program so critical, it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? And on that basis of course you get rid of Obamacare, that’s the easy one. Planned Parenthood, we’re going to get rid of that.

Beyond simply threatening a program that provides necessary health care for millions of women, Romney has also called for cutting funds for Title X — the only federal program devoted to family planning — from the federal budget. The program covers low-income women and men who are uninsured, and without it, about 5 million people would lose their access to health care and contraception. 

Please, somebody explain to me again how Romney is a moderate and as soon as he wins the primary he'll pivot to the center.  Are you willing to bet the reproductive health of five million women on the Tea Party letting him get away with anything short of knocking women's rights back to the Boardwalk Empire era?

I don't think so.