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Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement today on voting to approve H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act:

“With the release of the horrific videos showing Planned Parenthood engaging in atrocious violations of basic human dignity, many states have already taken action to end taxpayer funding for abortion. However, these same states now face an uphill battle and stiff opposition from the Obama Administration and Planned Parenthood for taking a stand against actions that many taxpayers find deplorable.

“Since Medicaid is a state-federal partnership, this legislation would ultimately place the power back into the hands of individual states to determine whether or not to fund abortions. States should not be forced to go against the conscience of millions of American citizens who believe these actions are a dark stain on our nation’s history, and fund a practice that wars against the very principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”