Lopez: 9 potential Republican candidates support defunding PP

The Defunding Planned Parenthood Litmus Test?

April 2, 2011 5:47 P.M.

By Kathryn Jean Lopez  

Defunding Planned Parenthood is a 2012 issue:

Eight of the rumored 2012 Republican presidential contenders have now come out in favor of cutting the federal funding, which the anti-abortion rights group Susan B. Anthony List is highlighting in its ongoing effort to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
The group is circulating new statements of support from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to Capitol Hill staffers over the weekend as talks toward a budget deal continue. 
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Another four potential Republican hopefuls are already on the record supporting the funding cuts: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and talk radio host Herman Cain. 

UPDATE: Make that nine. Mitt Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom e-mails: “Mitt Romney supports the Pence amendment.”