House passes bill to protect states’ rights and rights of the unborn

From The Observer By Community Reports | Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:28 pm

“This important bill backs states’ rights to direct Medicaid money away from organizations like Planned Parenthood to true women’s health care centers in their state. It’s time to end this taxpayer-funded attack on human life in America,” Brady said.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, performing over 300,000 abortions per year. Over a three year period, Planned Parenthood received about $1.2 billion through Medicaid, a state-federally funded healthcare program for low income individuals. States, like Texas, have tried to defund abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, and have been met with resistance from the Obama Administration. Although Texas was able to successfully eliminate Planned Parenthood as a provider from their new Texas Women’s Health Program, state and federal dollars are still able to flow to Planned Parenthood through the state’s Medicaid program. H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, gives states the flexibility and freedom to remove abortion providers from their state Medicaid programs.

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