Senate Republican moderates Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins have already signaled their skepticism over aspects of the House’s reconciliation bill, but the inclusion of a measure to ban Planned Parenthood from receiving any sort of federal funds could further alienate the two key votes.
The senators already indicated to NOTUS that they won’t allow the provision to make it into the Senate’s version of reconciliation without a fight. Their states in particular, Alaska and Maine, have both lost federal funding for reproductive health care, known as Title X family planning grants, and some Planned Parenthood locations have closed.
“I’m going to continue to be an advocate for the services that Planned Parenthood provides. In Alaska, we’ve got limited services for women in the first place,” Murkowski told NOTUS. “They play an important role. So I’m going to continue being an advocate.”