Iowa House votes to end funding for Planned Parenthood [View all]
Ugh.
Iowa would not allow state funding of Planned Parenthood under a bill passed Wednesday in the Republican-controlled House, but the measure is expected to hit roadblocks in the Democratic-majority Senate.
Republicans in the House have proposed similar measures in previous sessions with little success in the split Legislature.
The 56-42 vote for the roughly $1.8 billion health and human services budget bill was the culmination of debate that began late Tuesday night and included attempts by House Democrats to remove a proposal that would cut Medicaid funding for family planning facilities that provide abortions.
Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, said the proposal to remove state dollars would make $3 million in federal funding unavailable. That provides the bulk of family planning services under Medicaid, a federal program administrated by the states that provides health care to about 560,000 poor and disabled Iowa residents. She questioned how the state would make up the services.
Fuck you House Republicans.