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Congress returned to Washington this week with a to tackle and very little time to do it. They face a looming fiscal deadline by month鈥檚 end by which they must reach an agreement to fund the government or trigger a . And yet, the House has somehow found time to resort to well-worn territory: attacking Planned Parenthood.

Wednesday, a House committee of several expected hearings on Planned Parenthood since the start of a vicious against the organization by the , a group of , in July.

Those looking for a factual, unbiased investigation needed only read the sensational hearing title, 鈥淧lanned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation鈥檚 Largest Abortion Provider,鈥� to know that they should look elsewhere.

Indeed, had little to do with facts. The majority did not use the four-hour hearing to examine, for example, the that revealed to CMP鈥檚 videos 鈥� which are the entire basis for ongoing congressional investigations and defunding efforts.

In fact, when pressed, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Tenn.) admitted that the committee unedited video from CMP. They didn鈥檛 note that concluded since CMP鈥檚 smear campaign began has of wrongdoing entirely. Nor, for that matter, did they consider the recent by their Democratic colleagues on the , which also found no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws.

Rather, the hearing was more of the same story: a battle over women鈥檚 health, sharply divided .

But the push to defund Planned Parenthood at the heart of Wednesday鈥檚 hearing is more than typical partisan wheel-spinning 鈥� it鈥檚 dangerous. Planned Parenthood provides high-quality, affordable health care to women and men every year. The vast majority of these patients receive basic preventive services, like wellness exams, cancer screenings, sexually transmitted infection tests and treatment, and birth control. One in five women visits a Planned Parenthood health center in her lifetime, and rely on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.

Defunding Planned Parenthood of necessary care and make it harder for them to access birth control and prevent unwanted pregnancies. Other providers that gap.

The defunding effort is about one thing: ending access to safe, legal abortion. Never mind that because of a misguided federal policy, for abortion except in extremely limited circumstances 鈥� targeting Planned Parenthood is the first step toward cutting off access for millions of women. And abortion opponents don鈥檛 mind if that also means denying those women all of the other basic health care that Planned Parenthood provides. In fact, 鈥� all men 鈥� along with some are ready to shut down the government over the issue.

Wednesday鈥檚 hearing was just the opening salvo. More hearings are expected in the coming weeks. If you鈥檇 like to see Congress spending time on solving real problems rather than attacking women鈥檚 health care, now is the time to that you stand with Planned Parenthood.