STATE TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) says it is investing $4 million to pay for Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid “family planning” programming. According to HFS, the funding will go toward services like contraception, sexually-transmitted infection testing and treatment, and cancer screenings in order to counteract the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood. According to HFS, abortions are not paid for with federal dollars but are covered on state Medicaid plans with state funds.
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