HR 217 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

HR 217, introduced on January 7, 2011 by Congressman Mike Pence (IN-6), would “amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.”

If passed, the legislation would stop federal family planning funds from being given to Planned Parenthood. As Congressman Pence said upon HR 217’s introduction, “The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funding under Title X.”

According to a Government Accountability Office report, Planned Parenthood received over $657 million in federal grants and contracts from 2002 to 2009.

Text

The full text of the bill can be found at http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.217:

Status/Co-sponsorship

HR 217 has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

It currently has 173 co-sponsors.

Statements of Sponsor

View and/or read Congressman Mike Pence’s remarks upon his introduction of HR 217

Read Congressman Pence’s statement of February 2, 2011, regarding the need to defund Planned Parenthood in light of the group’s most recent scandal.

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