Indiana Set To Defund Planned Parenthood

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

The Indiana state legislature is on the verge of becoming the first state to block Medicaid reimbursements for low-income patients seeking basic health services at Planned Parenthood clinics.

House Bill 1210, introduced by state Rep. Eric Turner (R-Cicero) in January, takes a number of swipes at abortion rights and includes a provision that would prohibit the state of Indiana from contracting with "any entity that performs abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed." While the provision does not name a specific health provider, it effectively singles out Planned Parenthood, which receives $3 million dollars a year from the state.

"We have patients booking appointments for pap smears as we speak, but if the bill passes and the intent is met, we would literally have to get in touch with these patients and say, 'You come prepared to pay for your services, or you will need to find another medical home,'" said Betty Cockrum, president of Planned Parenthood Indiana, which currently serves about 22,000 low-income patients under Titles X, V, and XX and through Medicaid.

Republican lawmakers are advancing the bill to prevent taxpayer-funded abortions, even though federal law already prohibits them. "The fundamental issue is that when we take tax dollars and fund any entity that performs abortions, we're forcing taxpayers to support a practice that many feel is objectionable," State Sen. Scott Schneider (R-Indianapolis), the author of the provision to cut Planned Parenthood's funding, told HuffPost in an interview.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/planned-parenthood-indiana-defund_n_854337.html

[Buzz Clik]

1. Indiana is rapidly morphing for being merely a fly over state to...

• being a drive around state. Most people wouldn't want to stop here, voluntarily or otherwise
  
• a great state to be from, as in "I'm from Indiana, but I'm so relieved to be living in North Dakota."
  
• the center of hate and intolerance. Do keep in mind, we were heavy into KKK back in the day. That mindset remains with a lot of people here.

By the way, Mitch Daniels's signature on those bills will mean he will never be President of the United States. Never.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. "...we're forcing taxpayers to support a practice that many feel is objectionable,"

Hey, jackass, as a taxpayer, I feel it is objectionable to finance illegal and immoral wars. When are ya gonna defund them??? :mad:

[ehrnst]

4. Yes, and Jehovah's Witnesses support transfusions, Catholics support for

Contraception, and Mormons support Coffee served at government meetings.....

[smirkymonkey]

5. +1000

:argh:

[INdemo]

6. I didn't realize just how many Repukes we had infiltrating DU

and it seems the number keeps groing..How can you honestly and in good conscience make a statement like that?

[No Elephants]

8. Reply #2 sounds Republican???

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. I'm shaking my head at that one myself.

:crazy:

We sure have gone to Crazy Town around here.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

10. Yes, I am a Republican plant --

who has infilitrated DU since 2001. The pay has been so phenomenal I've stuck around for a whole 10 years. :eyes:

[uppityperson]

11. " I feel it is objectionable to finance illegal and immoral wars" is Repuke? Wtf?

[freshwest]

12. Yes, that confused me, too.

[demwing]

13. I think you've seriously misread Post #2

And I can't understand how....

[INdemo]

14. I did and I am sorry

[ehrnst]

3. His upcoming Dem opponent put it best:

"It isn't Planned Parenthood we should be worried about - it's unplanned parenthood."

[dotymed]

7. I moved from there last year.

The wealthy, Pharmaceutical companies, etc... got their "my man Bitch", 2nd term, and Indiana has gone (been leased) to Hell. There are a lot of good people on both sides of the debate..?..