PA to defund Planned Parenthood!

The state's new bill would place Planned Parenthood at the bottom of the list for state funding, a move that would all but ensure the organization is left without money at the end of the budget process.
5/24/2012

PHILADELPHIA, PA (Catholic Online) - The bill has been presented by state representative, Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and will put all abortion providers at the bottom of the state's funding list. The bill is known as the Whole Women's Health Funding Priority Act. The bill was co-authored by the Susan B. Anthony List and the Alliance Defense Fund.

The bill is similar to one that recently passed in Arizona.

Planned Parenthood relies on state and federal funding to provide abortions. Planned Parenthood also provides other services to women including screenings. However, women can access these services via other providers that do not perform abortions.

While Planned Parenthood insists the money they receive does not fund abortions, it does so indirectly since money is a fungible commodity.

Best of all, the bill provides more for women's health because it diverts funds from Planned Parenthood to other health clinics that can provide women with better comprehensive health care.
Mallory Quigley, the communications director for the SBA List referred to the bill as an "upgrade."
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