AFA of PA ACTION ALERT

May 4, 2017

Issue

House Passes Bill to Repeal Obamacare – Defund Planned Parenthood

Details

Yes, this has been a busy day, but the breaking news is that the US House just voted to repeal major portions of Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood.  The vote on HR 1628 was 217 to 213 and half of the PA delegation voted against it!!

Here’s some of what’s in the bill:

  • eliminates more than $390 million (over 86%) of over $450 million in annual federal funding to Planned Parenthood, from all mandatory spending programs
  • redirects funding to community health centers which outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities 20 to 1 and offer a wider array of health care services, but not abortion
  • repeals Obamacare abortion subsidies, adds reforms to give states more flexibility and lower costs, and provides families more options
  • closes the largest pipeline for federal funding of Planned Parenthood, Medicaid, and it applies as well to the CHIP and the Title V and Title XX block grant programs
  • ensures Obamacare will not fund abortions

The bill now goes to the US Senate.

Action Steps

Let your US House member know your thoughts on his vote!

Barletta (R) —   Yea  (District Office:    (570) 751-0050)
Boyle (D) — Nay    (District Office:   (610) 270-8081)
Brady  (D)–  Nay    (District Office:  (267) 519-2252)
Cartwright (D)–  Nay   (District Office:  570-341-1050)
Costello (R) — Nay     (District Office:   (610) 696-2982)
Dent (R) —  Nay    (District Office:   (610) 770-3490)
Doyle (D) —  Nay    (District Office:   (412) 664-4053)
Evans (D) — Nay    (District Office:   215-276-0340)
Fitzpatrick (R) — Nay    (District Office:   (215) 579-8102)
Kelly (R) —  Yea    (District Office:    (724) 342-7170)
Marino (R) — Yea    (District Office:   570-322-3961)
Meehan (R) —  Nay    (District Office:   (610) 690-7323)
Murphy (R) —  Yea    (District Office:   (724) 850-7312)
Perry (R) —  Yea    (District Office:   717-635-9504)
Rothfus (R) — Yea    (District Office:  (814) 619-3659)
Shuster (R) —  Yea   (District Office:  814.696.6318 or 1.800.854.3035)
Smucker (R) —   Yea    (District Office:   (717) 393-0667 or 1-888-217-0231)
Thompson (R) —  Yea    (District Office:   (814) 827-3985)

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