Lawmakers Propose Last-Ditch Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood

Former Senator Rick Santorum Spearheads Pro-Life Bill

Jonathan Abbamonte

Population Research Institute
Last week, pro-life lawmakers launched a last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace Obamacare’ and defund Planned Parenthood before the end of the 2017 fiscal year.

On September 13, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dean Heller(R-NV), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and former Senator Rick Santorum jointly unveiled their plan for health care reform. The proposal provides an innovative solution by subsidizing health insurance through the allocation of block grants to state governments and allowing states to have more say on health care policy. Like the House bill and the failed Senate bills proposed earlier this year, the Graham-Cassidy bill would protect unborn lives and the conscience rights of millions of Americans.

The proposal would block the vast majority of federal funding for Planned Parenthood for the period of one year. As the nation’s most prolific abortion provider, Planned Parenthood terminates the lives of more than 320,000 unborn children every year. For the past two years, the organization has been the center of controversy surrounding their allegedtrafficking and sale of the body parts of aborted babies.

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