{"id":128799,"date":"2016-10-18T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=128799"},"modified":"2016-10-18T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T23:30:09","slug":"15-states-moved-defund-planned-parenthood-since-undercover-videos-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/15-states-moved-defund-planned-parenthood-since-undercover-videos-released\/","title":{"rendered":"15 states have moved to defund Planned Parenthood since release of undercover videos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The Daily Signal<\/a>) In the wake of a series of undercover videos that hit the abortion industry last year, 15 states have attempted to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

After the Center for Medical Progress released undercover video footage that raised questions about whether Planned Parenthood was making a profit from selling aborted baby body parts (Planned Parenthood denies illegal activity), Republican lawmakers around the country called for cutting federal and state funding to the abortion provider.<\/p>\n

Fifteen\u00a0states<\/a>\u2014Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin\u2014have moved to defund Planned Parenthood in wake of the videos.<\/p>\n

A handful of states, some mentioned above, along with Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, and New Jersey, already reduced taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood\u00a0before the release<\/a>\u00a0of the undercover videos, according to the nonprofit Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n

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In some states, such as\u00a0Arkansas<\/a>, defunding efforts have been caught up in\u00a0legal challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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