Religion and Politics

Planned Parenthood Fears It May Be First Casualty of Rekindled Abortion War

The Washington Post’s Sandhya Somashekhar and Katie Zezima report, “Planned Parenthood officials are scrambling to prepare for the likelihood that Congress next year will cut off more than a half-billion dollars in federal funding to the group, fulfilling the wishes of abortion foes who are planning an aggressive push to roll back abortion rights under President-elect Donald Trump.” Planned Parenthood, which provides both family planning and women’s health services, will be forced to turn away many of the 2.5 million patients that go to their clinics per year if their federal funding is cut to such an extent. Supporters of the group have responded with a significant rise in donations and volunteering.

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