Ohio Puts Planned Parenthood on Notice with Letter Announcing They are "Defunded of All Taxpayer Money"

Will Maule : Mar 25, 2019
Faithwire.com

Of course, Planned Parenthood executives "have reacted with fury."

(Columbus, OH)—[Faithwire.com] Planned Parenthood clinics across the state of Ohio have been receiving notifications from the Ohio Department of Health informing them that their state funding will soon come to an end. The notice comes following a federal appeals court ruling earlier this month that insisted there was nothing unconstitutional about a 2016 state law that bans the state from allocating preventive health dollars to any organization that "performs or promotes" non-therapeutic abortion. (Image: Pixabay)

A non-therapeutic abortion is defined as a termination that is not medically necessary—i.e., what many would term, "abortion for convenience."

The letters stated that the funding would cease as of April 20. According to Cleveland.com, last year ODH granted some $600,000 to Planned Parenthood clinics for services including the STD (sexually transmitted disease) Control program and the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative.

Planned Parenthood executives reacted with fury. "Ohio continues to put politics over people, putting them at greater risk. This isn't about politics, this is about lifesaving health care," said Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio CEO Iris Harvey according to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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