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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.

Tuesday’s vote came with Republicans trying to halt the $450 million in federal funding that goes yearly to Planned Parenthood, about a third of its overall budget. The House approved the legislation in May.

The San Diego Congressional delegation voted along party lines Friday to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

“I’m not talking about republicans, I’m talking about Americans who look at these videos from Planned Parenthood and are just sickened by it”, said Representative Chris Stewart, ( R ) Ut. The Senate has not yet acted on the issue. It, too, faces likely...

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...

The bill has one co-sponsor in the Senate, but there is no companion bill in the Democratic-controlled Assembly.

“Planned Parenthood facilities provide other services, like cervical and breast cancer screenings and primary health care, to millions of low-income women, and it’s those services that would be curtailed by cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood“, the...

By law, federal funding can not be allocated for abortions, but allocating money to Planned Parenthood for the provision of other medical services “frees up” funds to be re-allocated for abortion. Cornyn said. “We got lucky. The other side has to get to 60″.

Planned Parenthood nationally and in Utah stresses women not getting pregnant until they want to become so – providing counseling and contraceptives – and reproductive health for women.

The protests happened in front of more than 300 Planned Parenthood clinics across the country on Saturday, including in Boise, Meridian and Twin Falls.

The demonstration was part of a National Day of Protest taking place at Planned Parenthood offices in 300 cities across the United States, including here in Denver.

“No, no.”

Lisa Elliott says she made the hard choice to have an abortion, and says each women’s decision is unique. Most of our health centers are located in rural or underserved areas, meaning that for many of our patients, Planned Parenthood will be the only provider they see all...

Gov. Jindal did. He, like many of his pro-life colleagues, were disgusted by what they saw (workers treating aborted babies like goods and services, keeping clients in the dark, etc.) and are launching investigations into the organization and introducing bills to defund it.