House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that she – along with other United States House and Senate Democrats – will continue blocking funding to help fight the deadly Zika virus … because the current aid bill does not apportion taxpayer dollars for several Puerto Rican Planned Parenthood facilities.

The ongoing opposition by pro-abortion Democrats geared to put more federal funding into the abortion giant’s pocket has lasted for months, and The Hill reports that Pelosi promised Republicans that she will not budge when it comes to fighting for more Planned Parenthood cash at taxpayers’ expense.

An excuse to promote abortion

With the continued increase in Zika contractions, abortion activists have done their best to link the two together so that their funding will go hand-in-hand.

“Abortion has become a major issue related to the Zika virus because of a possible link to birth defects,” LifeNews explained. “New research suggests the virus may not be to blame for the uptick in birth defects in some areas affected by the virus. Still, abortion advocates have been using the virus as an excuse to push for more abortions on babies with disabilities. Some pro-abortion groups even have been scaring women into aborting their unborn babies without knowing if they have Zika – or if their unborn baby has a disability.”

Exploiting the Zika virus to promote abortion, Democrats in the Senate have seized the opportunity to say that both need to be funded – or neither – in order to properly fight the contagion.

“Senate Democrats blocked the latest version of the aid bill on Tuesday because it prohibited funding from going to the abortion giant,” LifeNews’ Micaiah Bilger informed. “Pro-abortion legislators claim that the abortion giant is essential in the fight against the Zika virus because it provides contraception and other health services to women.”

Pelosi insists that pro-life Republicans are out of line with their refusal to keep Planned Parenthood on the government funding list.

“I grant them their position on abortion and the rest of that – but contraception? … Really?” Pelosi asked with a hint of sarcasm, insinuating that the abortion provider helps to combat Zika. “We’re talking about mosquitoes, but do we need to talk about the birds and the bees at the same time?”

Can’t fool us …

Despite Pelosi’s attempt to convince her colleagues that Planned Parenthood is in it save Zika victims’ lives, many on the other side contend that they that they see right through the façade.

“… Planned Parenthood’s intentions are clear,” Bilger asserted. “In April, a Planned Parenthood activist said women who are pregnant and contract Zika ought to be able to abort their babies because of the possible risk of birth defects. The abortion activists called killing such babies a ‘human right.’”

According to the Miami Herald, Planned Parenthood is dispatching numerous staffers throughout the South Florida city to go door-to-door and dialogue with women about Zika … going as far as providing women with “Zika kits” at no charge, along with fliers that provide information about Zika and propaganda for abortion.

There is evidence that Planned Parenthood is jumping at the opportunity to sell abortion in the Sunshine State and the rest of the Southwest as Zika continues to pound the region with more intensity.

“Currently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports at least 624 pregnant women have been infected with Zika in the U.S.,” LifeNews divulged. “Five of their unborn babies died in miscarriages or abortions, while 16 other babies were born with birth defects in the U.S. ….”

Smelling a rat

Despite the attempt of Democrats and Planned Parenthood to surreptitiously get the taxpayer funding of abortion through the back door with the help of Zika, many critics from numerous venues see right past their political maneuvering.

“Fact checkers, legislators, news outlets and others are calling out pro-abortion Democrats for making false claims about the aid bill,” Bilger pointed out. “Even the liberal fact-checking website Politifact debunked Democrats’ claims that Planned Parenthood funding is necessary to aid the fight against Zika.”

Those firmly rooted on the Left side of Washington’s political spectrum also noted that the push for abortion using Zika is merely a political power play.

“The exact same amount that Democrats unanimously supported six weeks ago and now Democrats don’t want to support it,” U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) expressed in late June after Senate Democrats successfully blocked the aid bill. “A handful of Planned Parenthood clinics in Puerto Rico … seriously? This is what this is about?”

Pro-abortion Democrats’ hypocrisy has even been pointed out news media in the nation’s capital.

“[T]he stance puts Democrats in the position of now opposing a Zika funding bill after months of telling Republicans funding was needed right away,” The Hill stressed.