Lena Dunham’s latest claim about abortion and human rights is absurd

Published June 28, 2017 2:51pm ET



With yet another healthcare bill before Congress comes yet another argument about basic human rights: What is a human right? Life, liberty, happiness — healthcare? What about abortion? Lena Dunham, the country’s favorite feminist and star of HBO’s “Girls,” recently said abortion is “the most basic of all human rights.” Not only is this absurd on its face, but contradictory, hypocritical, and represents a terrible example to young people looking up to the Hollywood star.

In a brief video, Dunham and other Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Jon Hamm urge concerned citizens to phone their senators and tell them to support Planned Parenthood. Of course, the House version of the healthcare bill eliminates almost $400 million of the yearly federal funding Planned Parenthood currently receives. The federal government is the largest source of funds for Planned Parenthood.

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