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State Medicaid funds allocated to family planning for low-income communities.

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Congress passes a bill to allocate funds from state Medicaid programs for low-income family planning but forbids the use of these funds for anything related to abortion. This sets the stage for archaic and regressive future bills to be passed against all Medicaid and other state dollars being used for abortion.