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Nebraska Representatives Want to Defund Planned Parenthood

Nebraska Representatives Want to Defund Planned Parenthood

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Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer wants Planned Parenthood stripped of federal funding in light of secretly taped videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the trafficking of tissues from aborted fetuses.
But, Fischer isn’t sure the debate should lead to a government shutdown. . .

Pressing the issue that far might be counter-productive, according to Congressman Adrian Smith…who wants all options to defund Planned Parenthood on the table. . .

Smith co-sponsored a bill to take 500-Million dollars from Planned Parenthood and shift it to federally-qualified health clinics.

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