It also restricts state agencies, local governments and Medicaid managed-care plans from contracting with organizations that own, operate or are affiliated with clinics that perform abortions.
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In 2014, a federal appeals court blocked enforcement of the law, saying it “substantially burdened” the legal right of women to terminate a pregnancy. I’ve had women tell me they do some excellent work so I think you also have to put that into account, but I would defund Planned Parenthood because of their view and the fact of their work on abortion.
“This bill is medically unnecessary”, she said.
Giese said, “It’s being touted as really saving the state money but the truth is Planned Parenthood won’t be able to include the cost of keeping their doors open in order to provide preventive services”.
“As long as they do the abortion, I am not for funding Planned Parenthood, but they do cervical cancer work”, Trump said, in an interview on Christian Broadcast Network from SC. Planned Parenthood is Wisconsin’s oldest and most trusted nonprofit reproductive health care provider, and we’re committed to making sure our patients continue to receive the high-quality, non-judgmental health care they deserve.
The cuts in funding to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin are leaving the Eau Claire City-County Health Department wondering what the impact will be on the health of Eau Claire County and what it calls the “vulnerable population” the clinic serves.
Eliminating Planned Parenthood’s funding has gained momentum following the release of secretly recorded videos by abortion opponents that show a Planned Parenthood official in California discussing the cost of providing fetal body parts for medical research.
On Wednesday, a House committee in New Hampshire heard testimony on a bill that would make it a felony to donate, sell, purchase or perform experiments on fetuses or tissue resulting from abortions. Planned Parenthood claims that they do not engage in these practices within Arizona.
Planned Parenthood said it will resubmit updated agreements as part of its application. Lawyers for the cabinet wrote in the suit that some materials submitted with Planned Parenthood’s application were a “complete sham” and the cabinet’s former inspector general, Maryellen Mynear, was a “sympathetic advocate willing to ignore law”. “That means they should not have any issue with this bill”. But Blackburn did not rule out that a request might be forthcoming, and Schakowsky said she expected one.They have an agenda, which is to discredit this kind of activity, she said.
The lawsuit is the latest development in the clash between Bevin and Planned Parenthood of in and Kentucky, or PPINK, which has said it was operating under instructions of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services when it began offering abortions in December at its new clinic in downtown Louisville.
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The bill was approved with party-line votes by the Senate in January and by the Assembly last week.
