Missouri lawmakers try again to block Medicaid money from going to Planned Parenthood
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. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would bar Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, which is already banned by state law from providing abortions in almost all circumstances. Republican lawmakers argued that no public funding should go to the organization, which offers abortions in other stat...