In the midst of the former Florida governor's attack on Planned Parenthood at an evangelical conference Tuesday afternoon, he said: "I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues." Bush, who told the audience that, as governor, he defunded Planned Parenthood in Florida, prefaced his comments by acknowledging that Democrats are likely to attack his comments — and the GOP’s current fight against Planned Parenthood, which gained steam after the release of several controversial videos that allegedly show organization officials talking about the sale of fetal tissue and organs. Less than an hour after Bush wrapped up his appearance before more than 13,000 members at a Southern Baptist convention in Nashville, Hillary Clinton tweeted directly at Bush: “You are absolutely, unequivocally wrong.” 
 
 Bush would eventually fire back at Clinton with a tweet of his own, saying, “@HillaryClinton what’s absolutely, unequivocally wrong is giving taxpayer $ to an org whose practices show no regard for lives of unborn.” 
 
 The Democratic National Committee also quickly blasted out a news release condemning Bush’s “backward ideology.” 
 
 At an organizing event in Denver on Tuesday night, Clinton slammed Bush again over his comment. “Governor Jeb Bush signed the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Act into law, thus providing a treatment option to medically needy women diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer.” (American Cancer Society, Accessed On 8/4/15) 
 
 From 2001-2007, Governor Bush invested $47M into the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Was her health not worth the money?” 
 
 As Bush knows, Democrats savaged the GOP’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney, for his own calls during the primary to defund Planned Parenthood. Specifically, the law’s intent stated, “The legislature recognizes that the health care needs of women are gender-specific and that public policy must take into account the distinct characteristics of women’s health issues. “They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need. “I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood — an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women’s health organizations.” 
 
 Dr. Rhonda Medows issued the following statement regarding Gov. So many people were on public assistance in Florida that more than 45 percent of all births were subsidized by Medicaid. I admire that,” he said.
– Jeb Bush, having apparently remembered that women make up half the electorate, has walked back comments he made yesterday suggesting that too much money is spent on their health. "I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues," he told a Southern Baptist convention yesterday as part of a discussion on defunding Planned Parenthood and spending the money elsewhere, reports the New York Times, which notes that the $500 million he was talking about is a small fraction of the roughly $1 trillion the federal government spends on health care every year. Bush issued a statement last night saying he "misspoke" and "there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women’s health organizations that need to be fully funded." But if Bush becomes the Republican nominee, video of the remarks "could be used to devastating effect in television ads against him next fall," notes Eli Stokols at Politico. Hillary Clinton quickly attacked the remarks, tweeting "You are absolutely, unequivocally wrong," CNN reports. "He's got no problem giving billions of dollars away to super wallet and powerful corporations but I guess women’s health just isn’t a priority for him," she told an audience last night.