WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today spoke on the Senate floor in support of legislation that would strip roughly $540 million in federal funding away from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and re-direct it to women’s health care services at facilities like community health centers and hospitals, which have almost fifteen times more facilities nationwide and provide more comprehensive health services.
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“The barbaric practice of conducting abortions in a way that promotes harvesting fetal organs, or profiting from such practices, has no place in modern society,” said Coats. “Planned Parenthood’s disgusting practices should not receive a dime of taxpayer money.”
Coats said the legislation he is supporting would ensure that federal funding is utilized for women’s health services including relevant diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and postpartum care, immunization, family planning services including contraception, STD testing, cervical and breast cancer screenings and referrals.
