Bill introduced in PA legislature to defund Planned Parenthood

[MH1]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20120524_GOP_rsquo_s_Metcalfe_moves_to_axe_Planned_Parenthood_funding_in_Pa_.html

HARRISBURG — Even as some Republicans try to steer policy initiatives toward bread-and-butter economic issues in advance of the November elections, a small band of GOP lawmakers in Harrisburg tacked rightward Wednesday, introducing a bill to defund Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania.

The legislation, similar to antiabortion bills crafted in other states, would bar all federal and state funding to the nonprofit, which provides abortions along with an array of other women’s health services.

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Earlier this year, a group of House lawmakers introduced the “Women’s Right to Know Act,” a bill that would force women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound of the unborn baby before the procedure. That bill has yet to reach a floor vote.

Last year, six other state legislatures stripped Planned Parenthood of public funding. Courts in each of those states except Wisconsin have since determined that those laws were unconstitutional and have temporarily blocked them. Other states have dropped similar proposals, and four — Kansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Michigan — are still weighing similar bills. In New Jersey, Gov. Christie last year blocked Democrats’ efforts to fund Planned Parenthood in that state.

Also see http://triblive.com/news/1843969-74/legislation-parenthood-planned-health-metcalfe-pennsylvania-abortion-family-funding-planning

Cross-posted in Pro-Choice group.

Please let your legislators know that you think this law is bulls*it and they'd better not support it.

[appleannie1]

1. What War on Women? We just love our gals.

The women of my state had better remember this crap come November. Some of the legislature should be up for reelection.

[JPZenger]

2. Daryl Metcalfe

Daryl Metcalfe is a rightwingnut legislator who has been responsible for most of the zaniest bills in the Legislature for years. He refuses to let anyone clean his office because he is afraid his enemies will hire a spy to look in his trash basket. At any moment, I expect him to launch into a rant about how godless librils are trying to steal his precious bodily fluids.

He used to mainly serve as entertainment in the Legislature. However, now he is suddenly getting his ideas put into law.