{"id":2459351,"date":"2025-07-12T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-why-the-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-for-just-one-year-is-not-a-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:58:51","slug":"op-ed-why-the-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-for-just-one-year-is-not-a-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-why-the-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-for-just-one-year-is-not-a-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Why the Defunding of Planned Parenthood for Just One Year Is Not a Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-why-the-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-for-just-one-year-is-not-a-victory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2459351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article uses the recurring &#8220;Peanuts&#8221; cartoon gag-where Lucy repeatedly tricks Charlie Brown by pulling away a football just as he tries to kick it-as a metaphor for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-wrong-about-the-efficacy-and-resilience-of-the-pro-life-movement\/\" title=\"Trump Is Untrue About The Efficacy Of The ... Movement&#039;s Resilience And Efficacy\">pro-life movement&#8217;<\/a>s experience with Republican politicians. It highlights how, despite promises to permanently defund Planned Parenthood and end abortion, Republican leaders often settle for temporary or insufficient measures, such as a one-year funding cutoff instead of permanent defunding. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >author criticizes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-abolitionism-how-a-small-band-of-oklahoma-christians-is-shifting-the-pro-life-paradigm\/\" title=\"\u2018The New Abolitionism\u2019: How A Small Band Of Oklahoma Christians Is Shifting The ... Paradigm\">pro-life establishment<\/a> figures<\/a> and organizations for celebrating these compromises as victories, arguing that this tolerance enables politicians to break promises without political consequences. The piece calls for Christians and conservatives to hold Republicans accountable, demand immediate and complete abolition of abortion through legal protections for the unborn, and be willing to politically oppose those who fail to deliver on anti-abortion commitments. Without such firm expectations and accountability, the article warns that the cycle of broken promises-like Charlie Brown&#8217;s futile attempts to kick the football-will continue, prolonging the loss of unborn lives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; cartoons, Lucy consistently invites Charlie Brown to kick a football she holds out from him, only to pull the ball away at the last moment and watch him fall on his back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Brown, oh Charlie Brown!&rdquo; she called in the Thanksgiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MmFfTJlIvhQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special<\/a> while asking Charlie Brown to kick the football. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe it! She must think I&rsquo;m the most stupid person alive,&rdquo; Charlie Brown murmered. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ll pull it away, and I&rsquo;ll land flat on my back and kill myself!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In this particular instance, Lucy manages to convince Charlie Brown that she would never pull away the football on Thanksgiving. The invitation provoked some serious consideration from Charlie Brown. &ldquo;She wouldn&rsquo;t try to trick me on a traditional holiday,&rdquo; he reasoned to himself.<\/p>\n<p>But as expected, Charlie Brown charges to kick the football, only for Lucy to pull the ball away.<\/p>\n<p>As with this refrain in the &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; comic strip, brazen deception and broken promises are common in the world of politics. There are some political actors who have learned not to blindly trust politicians, and there are others who, like Charlie Brown, may never absorb this lesson.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The mainstream pro-life movement, in most cases, functions as a political Charlie Brown.<\/p>\n<p>In the most recent example of this phenomenon, the pro-life movement broadly celebrated when the recently passed &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; defunded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/planned-parenthood-president-presided-4-million-baby-murders-dies-age-67\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> for only one year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Republicans telling Republican voters that they will permanently defund Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqghj0H4ob\">pic.twitter.com\/sqghj0H4ob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenZeisloft\/status\/1940898992591909334?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and other Republicans had vowed that federal taxpayer funds would stop flowing toward the abortion conglomerate as the administration asks states to make their own abortion policies. But the version of the &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; passed by the House would have defunded Planned Parenthood for ten years, a measure reduced to one year in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a Republican governing trifecta with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress has flaked on a promise to defund Planned Parenthood. During the first Trump administration, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/news-republicans-block-sen-rand-pauls-amendment-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defund<\/a> the abortion organization, only to be met with opposition from Senate Republican leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Ignoring this context, pro-life establishment leaders and conservative pundits marketed the defunding of Planned Parenthood to anti-abortion Republican voters as an unqualified victory.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, rejoiced on social media amid a flurry of other posts about the legislation. &ldquo;Planned Parenthood is officially defunded,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Praise the Lord.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Planned Parenthood is officially defunded<\/p>\n<p>Praise the Lord<\/p>\n<p>&#128591;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1940844007862817006?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-pro-life-organizations-accused-thwarting-bill-recognized-abortion-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristan Hawkins<\/a>, president of Students for Life and Students for Life Action, thanked both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, for the provision. &ldquo;This is why we voted pro-life first in 2024!&rdquo; she declared. &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ilhan-omar-has-pathetic-response-when-pastor-quotes-the-bible-in-defense-of-the-unborn\/\" title=\"Watch: Ilhan Omar Has Pathetic Response When Pastor Quotes the Bible in Defense of the Unborn\">pro-life movement isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t sick of winning yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> for your leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we voted pro-life first in 2024!<\/p>\n<p>And, the pro-life movement isn&rsquo;t sick of winning yet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristanHawkins\/status\/1940846306953765193?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-southern-baptists-grapple-public-policy-entity-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brent Leatherwood<\/a>, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention&rsquo;s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, described the Planned Parenthood provision as historic. &ldquo;Congress has passed the reconciliation bill and, with the president&rsquo;s signature, Planned Parenthood and big abortion will be defunded,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;A much-needed step to establish a true culture of life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A truly historic moment. Congress has passed the reconciliation bill and, with the President&rsquo;s signature, Planned Parenthood and big abortion will be defunded. A much-needed step to establish a true culture of life.<\/p>\n<p>Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/independenceday2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#independenceday2025<\/a>, America.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brent Leatherwood (@LeatherwoodERLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeatherwoodERLC\/status\/1940842343097422031?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  None of these posts grappled with the reality that the defunding of Planned Parenthood for one year was a serious downgrade from permanent defunding or even defunding for ten years. They merely celebrated the move as an unconditional win. Returning our friends in &ldquo;Peanuts,&rdquo; this would be no different from Charlie Brown dusting himself off from yet again landing on his back, then turning around to thank Lucy for letting him at least lightly graze the football this time.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-life establishment has a consistent track record of such political engagement.<\/p>\n<p>They readily tolerate Republican politicians at the state and national level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/planned-parenthood-celebrates-texas-pro-life-group-opposes-bill-end-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compromising<\/a> on even the mere regulations on abortion that they champion. Rather than expecting elected Republicans to actually end abortion, in obedience to God and in accordance with the desire of their base, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-life-group-accused-deceiving-donors-actively-working-keep-abortion-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run cover<\/a> for politicians who fail to deliver on any meaningful objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Many pro-life establishment lobbyists engage in access politics, where a seat at the proverbial table is coveted above all else, rather than the difficult work of expecting Republicans to accomplish certain objectives and holding accountable those who betray or break promises.<\/p>\n<p>The political capital of many pro-life organizations has therefore diminished significantly. Republicans know they can betray the priorities of these groups, and therefore the sincere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-grassroots-want-republicans-actually-end-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-abortion conservatives<\/a> and Christians they represent, while facing no political costs.<\/p>\n<p>If we ever want to end abortion in this country, we cannot allow this pattern to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Christians and conservatives must expect our elected Republicans to pursue the immediate and complete abolition of abortion through equal protection of the laws for preborn babies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The current version of the Big Beautiful Bill only defunds Planned Parenthood for a single year, a substantial downgrade from an earlier version defunding Planned Parenthood for ten years.<\/p>\n<p>This is apparently the best a Republican Party with control of the White House and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SpgwAJ0C6i\">pic.twitter.com\/SpgwAJ0C6i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foundation to Abolish Abortion (@AbolitionistFAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbolitionistFAA\/status\/1940427228988240354?\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Rather than overlooking treachery from Republicans who claim to be pro-life and yet fail to deliver anti-abortion victories, or acting satisfied with the table scraps they toss us, we must be willing to politically mobilize against the Republicans standing in the way of ending abortion, replacing them with other Republicans who sincerely want to criminalize baby murder.<\/p>\n<p>After the overturn of Roe, abortions are rising across the country, easily surpassing one million murdered babies nationwide every year and eclipsing rates seen during the last years of Dobbs. The states led by Republicans are no exception, because many pro-life laws championed by the pro-life establishment have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-matt-walsh-reveals-key-unspoken-truth-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loopholes<\/a> keeping self-induced abortion fully protected.<\/p>\n<p>There is tremendous urgency toward ending this shedding of innocent blood in our country. Christians especially have the duty before God to serve as salt and light in the public square, admonishing our elected officials to establish equal protection of the laws for preborn babies.<\/p>\n<p>But until we stop tolerating Republican compromise and cowardice, we will find ourselves flat on our backs, with Lucy grinning ear to ear and the football still firmly planted in the ground.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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During the Thanksgiving special, she called out, &#8220;Charlie Brown, oh Charlie Brown!&#8221; as she invited him to kick. Charlie Brown thought to himself that Lucy must believe he&#8217;s very foolish and warned that she would pull the ball away again and cause him to fall hard. This time, Lucy convinced him she wouldn&#8217;t trick him on a holiday. However, as usual, when Charlie Brown ran up to kick the ball, Lucy pulled it away once more.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, in politics there is frequent deception and broken promises. Some political observers have learned not to trust politicians blindly; others remain like Charlie Brown-hopeful but repeatedly disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream pro-life movement often resembles this pattern of misplaced trust. Recently they celebrated when a bill passed that defunded Planned Parenthood for just one year-a far cry from earlier promises of permanent defunding or even ten years of funding cuts. Despite Republicans controlling both Congress and the White House and pledging an end to federal funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, compromises watered down these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life leaders hailed this short-term defunding as a major victory without acknowledging how much weaker it was than previous proposals or campaign promises. This mirrors Charlie Brown&#8217;s repeated falls after trusting Lucy&#8217;s assurances.<\/p>\n<p>Many pro-life organizations tolerate Republican compromises instead of demanding real action or holding politicians accountable for broken promises. They prioritize access and influence over pushing for meaningful change-allowing Republicans to betray their base without consequences.<\/p>\n<p>To truly end abortion in America requires Christians and conservatives insisting elected officials immediately secure full legal protection for unborn children-and replacing those who fail with leaders committed to ending abortion completely.<\/p>\n<p>Until then we risk continuing this cycle: hopeful believers falling flat while political actors smile knowingly-just like Lucy pulling away the football from poor Charlie Brown once again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2459352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6790,37167,15322,37662],"class_list":["post-2459351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defunding","tag-healthcare-policy","tag-op-ed","tag-planned-parenthood"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2459351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459355,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459351\/revisions\/2459355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2459352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}