Missouri Lawmakers Try Again To Block Medicaid Money From Going To Planned Parenthood
Republican lawmakers argued that no public funding should go to the organization, which offers abortions in other states.
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Republican lawmakers argued that no public funding should go to the organization, which offers abortions in other states.
A Republican-backed bill seeking to block Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri won initial approval in the state House Wednesday, despite pleas from Democrats to continue giving patients
“This is about Missourians’ access to birth control, to cancer screenings, to annual exams, to STI testing and treatment,” one KC Democrat representative said.
Missouri's Republican lawmakers are once again trying to block federal health care dollars from going to the state's Planned Parenthood clinics, this time weeks after the Missouri Supreme Court thwarted a previous attempt to end that funding.
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