House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence recently offerered an amendment to rid Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funding. The amendment will be voted on Friday. CNSNews reports:
An amendment introduced to strip Planned Parenthood of its taxpayer funding has passed the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and is up for a vote on the House floor Friday, reports Jim Sedlak of the American Life League.
U.S. House Representative Mike Pence (R-Ind.) submitted, as part of the Health and Human Services appropriations bill, an amendment to render Planned Parenthood ineligible to receive Title X funds for "family planning" services.The Pence Amendment states: "None of the funds made available under this Act shall be available to Planned Parenthood for any purpose under Title X of the Public Health Services Act."