The bill does not expressly forbid funding for Planned Parenthood, to avoid the loss of Title X funds, but the effect should be the same once the budget is decided by lawmakers, Wise said. Trujillo’s bill doesn’t have a Senate sponsor and a House bill modeled on the Texas law requiring doctors have hospital admitting privileges has not yet earned a committee hearing in Tallahassee.
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A senate committee on Thursday passed a bill that would allow the state to reduce funding for Planned Parenthood in Kentucky. “But I don’t see Rep. Trujillo’s bill as encouraging people to have back alley abortions”. The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 455, would make a fourth OWI a felony and would remove the cap on the fine and prison sentence.
Fortunately, the bill does not yet have a Senate sponsor, so there’s a chance it may stall and die.
Under the bill, family planning clinics could only bill Medicaid for the actual acquisition cost plus a dispensing fee for prescription drugs obtained through Medicaid’s 340B program. Participants in the March for Life remind us that a compassionate nation is one that fights to defend the most innocent. I do not consider myself to be deranged just because I believe life begins at conception. “This is not about protection of life at all”, said Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwakee).
Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, rejected the premise that Republicans are going after birth control. You can go to a big box store. Yet every year, we watch them try to score political points with their base by chipping away at a woman’s right to choose. “So, next year, if we’re sending this bill to a Republican president, it will get signed into law”. “At least, that’s the way I thought it was”.
“I understand this is a highly charged issue”, he said. They said they simply don’t want taxpayer dollars subsidizing a private abortion provider. That’s what this bill is about. I should also add that though I know Obama’s not ideal, he has been trying to provide health care for everyone, including children born in challenging situations.
“Unity is the Title X grantee for the District of Columbia”.
“These regulations have nothing to do with protecting women and everything to do with shutting down providers by placing unreasonable and costly requirements on health care centers”, said Anna Eskanami, director of public policy and field operations for the Planned Parenthood affiliate.
“This is a bill that will protect and enhance women’s health”, said Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, a member of the committee.
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Republicans in the state Legislature continued their hatchet job on Planned Parenthood this week, chopping millions in support and reimbursement payments to the agency and leaving in doubt the ability of too many women – especially the poor and uninsured – to access appropriate health care. Democrats blasted the proposal as a vindictive attempt to hurt Planned Parenthood using the videos as a pretext.
