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Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina Fight Back Against Planned Parenthood

<p>The backlash against Planned Parenthood is continuing as several states recently announced plans to take action against the organization&period; The source of the backlash is undoubtedly the secretly recorded videos released last year that showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted baby parts to buyers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced on Tuesday that the organization will no longer receive any funds from Medicaid&period; A Planned Parenthood lobbyist in Kansas stated that the organization currently receives around &dollar;61&comma;000 a year from Medicaid and intends to fight the Governor&rsquo&semi;s decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brownback has long been an opponent of Planned Parenthood since he has signed multiple laws that restrict abortion procedures in the state of Kansas since taking office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Missouri&comma; Republican state Senator Bob Onder has introduced a bill that would require abortion clinics to undergo annual&comma; on-site inspections&period; This bill also states that aborted baby parts should be sent to pathology labs for examination instead of sold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>St&period; Louis was specifically mentioned in the leaked Planned Parenthood videos&comma; so there has been an increased focus on the state of Missouri and their response to how to handle the organization&period; Onder believes his bill will help &ldquo&semi;uphold medical standards&comma; protect women and ensure public standards&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After South Carolina launched an investigation into Planned Parenthood facilities and their disposal of baby parts&comma; the state found that all three abortion clinics violated state laws&period; The law that deals with disposing of aborted baby parts is not written clearly and because of this&comma; officials have asked lawmakers to make changes that make it clear to the state that selling baby parts is illegal&period; &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It can only be expected that more states will follow soon down the path to reduce funding or impose harsher laws in reaction to the leaked Planned Parenthood videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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