Abortion Funding In State Could Be Cut

The Missouri Senate will get to work next week on the state budget. The current plan would ban Medicaid reimbursements to abortion clinics or any affiliate. State Senator Lauren Arthur, a Democrat from Kansas City, says Planned Parenthood provides a variety of healthcare services, including preventative care. She says the GOP effort does not belong in the budget.

There are Planned Parenthood clinics across Missouri but only one provides abortions – and public funding cannot be used on abortions anyway. The Senate Appropriations Committee has kept that language in the proposal.