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Kansas Spent Nearly a Million Dollars In Losing Effort to De-Fund Planned Parenthood

By Kansas News Service
Published May 22, 2019 at 1:40 PM CDT
Planned Parenthood Great Plains sued Kansas one day after the state moved to terminate its participation in the Medicaid program. (File photo: KCUR Radio)
Planned Parenthood Great Plains sued Kansas one day after the state moved to terminate its participation in the Medicaid program. (File photo: KCUR Radio)

In 2016, Kansas set out to cut off Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding after then-Governor Sam Brownback vowed to defund the organization. Planned Parenthood sued the state and last month Governor Laura Kelly’s administration dropped the matter but not before the state had spent  $899,000 dollars fighting to withhold funds for the organization. For the Kansas News Service, Dan Margolies reports.

 
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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