Steve King voted PRESENT to the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Three Republicans voted no.
Southern women depend on organizations such as Planned Parenthood. Southern women do use contraception and occasionally abortion. This is definitely a priority for Southern women. They may not discuss it openly, but, they do use these services, including mammograms and checking for cervical cancer. I would be sure the issue was noted when challenging an incumbent especially in the south. Steve King voted present because he knows there is enough need for women that it would matter.
August 13, 2015
by Feminist Newswire
The Center (click here) purportedly spoke with officials from Alabama and Louisiana, two states moving to take away funding from Planned Parenthood clinics, warning the officials that doing so “may illegally restrict beneficiary access to services.”
State Medicaid programs are federally mandated to cover family planning services for anyone of child-bearing age. According to HHS, closing Planned Parenthood clinics in Alabama and Louisiana may cut off access to these services, violating Medicaid law.
Planned Parenthood serves more clients of publicly funded family planning centers than any other provider in the country. 79 percent of Planned Parenthood health care patients have incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Ending Planned Parenthood’s services would put women’s lives at risk, especially low-income women who would not be able to afford care elsewhere.
In states like Alabama and Louisiana, affordable family planning and access to these services is greatly needed. Almost one third of Alabama children live below the poverty line, and Louisiana is ranked 49th in the country in poverty rates....
...“Pure and simple, a public health crisis would be the result of this bill,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) remarked on the floor....
Southern women depend on organizations such as Planned Parenthood. Southern women do use contraception and occasionally abortion. This is definitely a priority for Southern women. They may not discuss it openly, but, they do use these services, including mammograms and checking for cervical cancer. I would be sure the issue was noted when challenging an incumbent especially in the south. Steve King voted present because he knows there is enough need for women that it would matter.
by Feminist Newswire
The Center (click here) purportedly spoke with officials from Alabama and Louisiana, two states moving to take away funding from Planned Parenthood clinics, warning the officials that doing so “may illegally restrict beneficiary access to services.”
State Medicaid programs are federally mandated to cover family planning services for anyone of child-bearing age. According to HHS, closing Planned Parenthood clinics in Alabama and Louisiana may cut off access to these services, violating Medicaid law.
Planned Parenthood serves more clients of publicly funded family planning centers than any other provider in the country. 79 percent of Planned Parenthood health care patients have incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Ending Planned Parenthood’s services would put women’s lives at risk, especially low-income women who would not be able to afford care elsewhere.
In states like Alabama and Louisiana, affordable family planning and access to these services is greatly needed. Almost one third of Alabama children live below the poverty line, and Louisiana is ranked 49th in the country in poverty rates....
...“Pure and simple, a public health crisis would be the result of this bill,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) remarked on the floor....
