Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute

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Source: Reuters

US | Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:37pm EDT

Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute

WASHINGTON | BY RICHARD COWAN AND MEGAN CASSELLA

Senate Republicans seeking to cut all funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood over the alleged sale of aborted fetal tissue offered on Wednesday to divert the money to other providers of women's health.

The Republican plan to take $500 million a year from Planned Parenthood and give it to the likes of hospitals and community health centers was criticized by family planning experts who said it showed a lack of understanding of how women's health services work.

Long a target of conservatives, Planned Parenthood has come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks due to secretly recorded videos about its role in supplying aborted fetal tissue for medical research.

Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, a Republican, introduced a bill to defund the organization which is likely to be voted on early next week.

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1. The GOP needs to wear the uniform of the Taliban....Are we Americans going to allow

this direct, physical assault of all american women?