Planned Parenthood is planning to spend at least $20 million fighting Republicans at the ballot box next year as the group punches back against GOP efforts to end its federal funding.
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The proposal targets grants Planned Parenthood receives through the state’s health department.
Legislative leaders now must decide which bill will advance.
The House passed the bill Tuesday on a 62-33 vote.
In July, the attorney general’s office received letters from state lawmakers requesting he investigate Planned Parenthood.
Ferguson says one of the health centers donates fetal tissue to the University of Washington for birth defect research paid for by the National Institutes of Health. It wouldn’t affect the amount of money available for such initiatives, just who could get the dollars.
The executive director of Ohio Right to Life praised the bill’s passage and its sponsors.
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But Stephanie Kight, chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater OH, said legislators who support the bill are disregarding the well-being of Ohioans. The organization has said it has no fetal tissue donation program in OH, where such donations are illegal.
