The House just voted to make it easier for states to defund Planned Parenthood, and clinics like it

[Bill USA]

Planned Parenthood will survive — but a lot of women will lose access to birth control.


http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/16/14598032/congress-states-defund-planned-parenthood-title-x

Before former President Obama left office, he made a last-ditch effort to protect Planned Parenthood’s state funding from conservative governors and state legislatures that might seek to take it away.

But Republicans in Congress are working to block that effort using an obscure law called the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress fast-track a resolution to disapprove of new federal agency rules within 60 days of their passage.

On Thursday, the House voted 230-188 to overturn a rule Obama signed in December that would prohibit discriminating against family planning providers for reasons other than the quality of care they offer.

The resolution of disapproval now moves to the Senate, where it will probably pass because it only requires a simple 51-vote majority, and President Trump will probably sign it, since he supports defunding Planned Parenthood.

To be clear, this vote isn’t about the big federal “defund Planned Parenthood” bill that Republicans have promised to pass at the same time as they repeal the Affordable Care Act. That bill, which has yet to be introduced, would block Planned Parenthood from accepting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid reimbursements.
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[LisaM]

1. Sigh. I wish he'd cleared that 60-day deadline.

I think there were a few other things that fell into this category.

[gopiscrap]

2. fuckers

[riversedge]

3. That obscure law is sure being used a lot to get rid of Obmas rules he set prior to leaving

office. whow. I, like so many, am feeling so helpless.