A Kansas Senate committee has voted to permanently divert federal family planning funding from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make permanent a 2011 provision that distributes funding for Title X, a federally financed family planning program. The provision gives funding priority to public health departments and clinics ahead of private family planning clinics.
Sen. Marci Francisco, a Democrat from Lawrence who opposed the measure, suggested a change that would expand access to long-lasting reversible contraception, but the committee voted against the proposal.
Planned Parenthood challenged the provision in federal court ...
A Kansas Senate committee has voted to permanently divert federal family planning funding from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make permanent a 2011 provision that distributes funding for Title X, a federally financed family planning program. The provision gives funding priority to public health departments and clinics ahead of private family planning clinics.
Sen. Marci Francisco, a Democrat from Lawrence who opposed the measure, suggested a change that would expand access to long-lasting reversible contraception, but the committee voted against the proposal.
Planned Parenthood challenged the provision in federal court ...