Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Defunding Planned Parenthood
Written By: Michael Tennant | Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stripped Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading abortion provider, of up to $8 million in taxpayer funds when he signed two bills into law Thursday.
"We want to make sure as taxpayers, whether it's state funds or federal funds that come through the state of Wisconsin, that they're used in the way that's responsible and reasonable," Walker, a Republican, said at the bill signing, which took place at Life's Connection, a women's health clinic in Waukesha that promotes abortion alternatives. The bills, Walker added, would prevent public money from going to "controversial entities like Planned Parenthood."
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