Ohio Approves Budget to Defund Planned Parenthood, Rape Crisis Centers
The Ohio Senate voted on Thursday to approve a two-year budget that would defund Planned Parenthood, block funding for rape crisis centers and redirect money for women’s health services to Christian-run, antiabortion “crisis pregnancy centers.”
Another provision of the bill would block transfer agreements between abortion clinics and hospitals. Clinics enter into transfer agreements with hospitals to ensure their patients can receive emergency care if necessary, and cannot operate without them.
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