House Votes To Defund Planned Parenthood On Nearly Party Line Vote

The U.S. House voted on Friday to strip away 500 million dollars in family planning funds for Planned Parenthood. The 241-187 vote fell almost on straight party lines with Republicans voting 239-3 for defunding, while Democrats voted 184-2 not to strip the organization from 500 million dollars used to provide health care and contraceptive services to mostly low-income women. No federal funding is allocated for abortion services, even though Republican lawmakers often like to link the funding to the abortion debate.