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Home • Politics

Planned Parenthood Would Lose Federal Funding in Repeal of Obamacare

One female GOP senator isn't happy about it
Planned Parenthood Would Lose Federal Funding in Repeal of Obamacare
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By AP · Updated October 26, 2020
This article was originally publshed on MOTTO. (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Paul Ryan says upcoming legislation to repeal the health care law would cut off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood. The Wisconsin Republican spoke after a special House panel issued a report criticizing the organization over providing tissue from aborted fetuses to researchers. Planned Parenthood provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services.
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Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest in hair, beauty, style and celebrity news A similar bill last year also would have “defunded” the group, which receives government reimbursements from the Medicaid program for non-abortion health care for low-income women. The defunding effort is a top priority of anti-abortion lawmakers but could complicate “Obamacare” repeal in the Senate, where at least one Republican senator has opposed the repeal. Susan Collins of Maine cited the effort to “defund” Planned Parenthood in her opposition to repeal.