Iowa Lawmakers Pass Budget Bill That Defunds Planned Parenthood
Lawmakers in Iowa have passed a budget bill that would defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood.
House File 653 directs the state to discontinue utilizing federal funds for Medicaid, and instead create its own family planning fund, estimated at $3.1 million.
“The Department of Human Services shall discontinue the Medicaid family planning network waiver effective July 1, 2017, and shall instead establish a state family planning services program,” it reads in part. “Distribution of family planning services program funds shall not be made to any entity that performs abortions or that maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed.”...