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The controversial bill, appropriately titled the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 54 votes. The battle has been rejoined just in time for the 2016 election campaign and next week’s historic address to Congress by...

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) voted present because he said the bill’s language wasn’t strong enough.

In something out of a dystopian nightmare, the US House of Representatives has voted to stop federal funding to Planned Parenthood for a year.

One representative, Steve King, R-Iowa, voted as “present” for both H.R. 3134 and H.R. 3504, objecting that the bills allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and risks to the mother’s life. The bill, which has little chance of being enacted as Democrats hold...