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Today, the House of Representatives voted<\/a> 241 to 187 in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, as investigations continue into the abortion giant’s sale of baby\u00a0body parts.<\/p>\n

Rep. Diane Black,\u00a0a nurse\u00a0for over\u00a040 years, sponsored the legislation. The bill would freeze Planned Parenthood funding for a\u00a0year, during which time Congress would conduct a\u00a0full investigation.<\/p>\n

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During the debate, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke in favor of defunding the ethically challenged abortion provider:<\/p>\n

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So if we know that this organization performs hundreds of thousands of abortions per year, and we know that women have access to other sources for care, the question is: should we force taxpayers to fund a business that spends its money aborting 327,653 children per year? \u00a0Should we force taxpayers to fund an organization whose barbaric practices, as vividly shown in those videos, disregard and devalue the sanctity of the most innocent human lives?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McCarthy added: \u201cThere is no reason\u2014absolutely no reason\u2014that we must choose between funding women\u2019s health and compelling taxpayers to support abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DefundAd-400b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As indicated by McCarthy’s statement, legislators, women, and voters are realizing that there are other options for women’s health care besides Planned Parenthood. There are over 13,500 comprehensive health care facilities<\/a> across the nation – which could receive funding instead of Planned Parenthood (and would under this bill) – as opposed to 665 Planned Parenthood locations. Furthermore, many of these comprehensive health care facilities offer essential women’s services such as mammograms, while Planned Parenthood does not<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)\u00a0highlighted this fact in his comments:<\/p>\n

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In the history of Planned Parenthood, they have never, ever, ever done one mammogram, because they are not certified to do mammograms…So, for those of us \u2013like in my case, three daughters and a wife of 37 years \u2013 look, I want good women\u2019s healthcare. So, let\u2019s fund it. But, let\u2019s give it directly to the facilities that will do the mammograms and not Planned Parenthood \u2013 for them to take their cut.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, GOP leadership in the Senate has laid out plans to vote on a continuing resolution<\/a>, which would temporarily fund the government until a long-term deal is reached –\u00a0a deal that cuts federal funding to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the House of Representatives voted 241 to 187 in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, as investigations continue into the abortion giant’s sale of baby\u00a0body parts. Rep. Diane Black,\u00a0a nurse\u00a0for over\u00a040 years, sponsored the legislation. The bill would freeze Planned Parenthood funding for a\u00a0year, during which time Congress would conduct a\u00a0full investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":63760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[4509,3151,4168,5234,1023,14,5190],"yoast_head":"\nHouse of Representatives passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The House of Representatives voted 241 to 187 in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, as investigations continue into PP's sale of human body parts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-representatives-passes-bill-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House of Representatives passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The House of Representatives voted 241 to 187 in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, as investigations continue into PP's sale of human body parts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-representatives-passes-bill-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-18T18:25:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-29T19:44:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/congress-night-e1431622793480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"464\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danny David\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danny David\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-representatives-passes-bill-defund-planned-parenthood\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-representatives-passes-bill-defund-planned-parenthood\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danny David\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a6ce08f7970f3686ab5e5ab1d26eaed2\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. House passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-18T18:25:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-29T19:44:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-representatives-passes-bill-defund-planned-parenthood\/\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":163,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Federally Qualified Health Centers\",\"House of Representatives\",\"Kevin McCarthy\",\"Louie Gohmert\",\"mammograms\",\"Planned Parenthood\",\"Rep. 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