The Tennessee legislature has dispatched a strong message to Planned Parenthood.
About $1.1 million set aside for family planning in the state will now be distributed mostly to local health organizations and not the taxpayer-supported abortion provider. Susan Allen of Tennessee Right to Life was there for the vote. "In the House, the vote was 69-to-22," she notes, "and in the Senate, 25-to-7." Allen is thankful that Planned Parenthood will no longer receive the annual automatic nod from the state. "For approximately 40 years, Planned Parenthood was given preferential treatment in the Tennessee state law for getting family planning funds that are under Title X from the federal government," she explains. Earlier this year, Lila Rose of Live Action conducted an undercover video probe at Memphis Planned Parenthood, during which she posed as a 14-year-old girl impregnated by an older man. A staff member advised her how to obtain the abortion without identifying the molester. Allen believes Rose's revelation had an effect on lawmakers. "I think it gave it a tremendous boost," she contends. "It wasn't a surprise to us in the movement that this occurred, but in covering it, it really brought the public into an awareness of what goes on at Planned Parenthood." Live Action video investigations in California also prompted Orange County Commissioners to halt funding of Planned Parenthood.
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