Planned Parenthood plans swing-state bus tour

{mosads}The contraception debate is part of a larger battle for female voters that also includes the fight over de-funding Planned Parenthood. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pledged to cut off the group’s federal funding — a vow that Obama has explicitly criticized.

Planned Parenthood said its bus tour is designed to remind women “what’s at stake” in the presidential race.

“We see firsthand the people who are being hurt by policies that attack women’s health, so we know why this election matters so much,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. “Through this unprecedented bus tour, voters will hear directly from women in their own communities who would be hurt by policies that politicians like Mitt Romney support.”