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.