Washington D.C., Jun 20, 2008 / 21:18 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an appropriations bill for the Iraq war after stripping a Senate provision that would indirectly subsidize Planned Parenthood and university health clinics that distribute contraceptives.
A Friday press release from Concerned Women for America said the provision in the War Supplemental Bill, if approved, would have allowed some Planned Parenthood clinics and university healthcare centers to acquire drugs at reduced prices, including the Plan B “morning-after pill.”
The $168 billion bill passed by a vote of 268-155, Reuters reports.
The Senate version of the bill had added under “Title VI—Other Health Matters” a section titled “Restoration of Access to Nominal Drug Pricing for Certain Clinics and Health Centers” which included the discount for contraceptives. The House version of the bill lacked the same Title VI.