Indiana votes to defund Planned Parenthood

[one_voice]

The Indiana State Legislature has voted to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding, putting the state on a path to barring the group from receiving public dollars.

The legislation now hits the desk of Gov. Mitch Daniels, putting the presidential contender who has famously called for a “truce” on social issues squarely in the middle of a contentious, national debate over Planned Parenthood’s federal funding.

Daniels now has one week to veto the bill or it becomes law without his signature.

The bill, which passed the Indiana State House late Wednesday afternoon, would bar the state from entering into contracts with abortion providers, making an exception for hospitals and ambulatory centers. Planned Parenthood of Indiana operates 28 clinics in Indiana, eight of which are Title X funded clinics. The group received about $3 million in federal funding last year. State officials have speculated that the bill, if passed, would lead to the state losing all $4 million in federal family planning dollars that it received last year.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53841.html#ixzz1KmCoAIXM

[sasha031]

1. have the republican freak thought through to the near future

when their is going to be a swell of unwanted pregnancies.

Oh that's right, according to man on dog Santorum, that will correct SS

[provis99]

2. the Mississippi of the North is at it again.

[cliffordu]

3. These are the things they are doing behind the bright and shiny objects

like the birth certs and The Donald.

This is the real tragedy of the R's in this country.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. *sigh* :^(

[TheKentuckian]

5. Damn, if we aren't losing ground at a pace I never would imagine.

[Contrary1]

6. We're #1, we're #1 !!!!!

:puke: on Indiana Repubs, and especially :puke: on the asshole Daniels. Got his private school vouchers, and stabbed teachers in the back too. Yeehaw.

All in a week's work.

[femrap]

7. May all those who vote

to defund Planned Parenthood be flaccid for eternity.