House Democrats move to defund Trump administration rule targeting Planned Parenthood

By Kimberly Leonard

Published April 29, 2019 10:03pm ET

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House Democrats move to defund Trump administration rule targeting Planned Parenthood — Dr. Erin Berry, Washington State Medical Director for Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands, holds a folder as she listens at a news conference announcing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Title X "gag rule" Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Seattle. The rule issued last Friday would impact federal funding for reproductive health care and family planning services. | (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

House Democrats moved Monday to block the Trump administration from cutting off family-planning grants for medical facilities such as Planned Parenthood that also provide and refer to abortions.

“It’s going to save lives, it’s going to keep the Trump administration from shutting the doors of Planned Parenthood, which they have been trying to do from day one,” Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., said of the Democratic proposal in a call with Planned Parenthood Monday.

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