Ohio’s proposed budget slashes all funding for Planned Parenthood

By Regina Barton

Published June 27, 2019 7:56pm ET

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Ohio’s proposed budget slashes all funding for Planned Parenthood — The Zika funding bill attaches an extra phrase onto language describing how some of the funding that could go to Planned Parenthood can be allocated. (AP Photo) | LM Otero

The Ohio state Senate passed a bill last week that cuts Planned Parenthood’s $1.5 million in public funding and includes $5 million for over 200 crisis pregnancy centers.

This comes after the Ohio Department of Health Director Richard Hodges was sued by two Planned Parenthood branches over a 2016 bill that prevented public funds for elective abortions.

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