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Panel Pulls Funding
Proposal: Planned Parenthood Funding Would Have Drastically Decreased
The House Finance and
Appropriations Committee on Tuesday dropped a plan to enact a priority funding
system for federal family planning dollars that would effectively have defunded
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio. About $1.6 million of the $4.3 million
in federal family planning funds Ohio received last year went to PPAO to support
STD and cancer screenings, pregnancy testing, and other health services. The
money cannot be spent on abortions, which are performed at three of PPAO’s 37
Ohio facilities. The priority system was one of 26 amendments bundled into one
that passed without discussion or opposition. Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster), the
committee’s chair, said the language mirrored that of HB 298, which is before
the House Health and Aging Committee. “What’s important right now is that the
language is out of this bill and we make sure it stays out,” said Gary
Doughtery, PPAO’s state legislative director. Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio
Right to Life, said his organization will continue to lobby for HB 298.
Forum Set to Discuss
STD Rates
The last in a series
of forums on chlamydia and gonorrhea rates in north Omaha will take place on
April 30 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Charles Drew Health Clinic, 2915 Grant
St. The first 50 attendees will receive lunch. The forums are sponsored by the
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health and the Douglas
County Health Department.
The Friends of AIDS
Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive
individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread
of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please
visit:
http://www.friendsofaids.org.
