Those Health Centers the GOP Wants to Replace Planned Parenthood? Some Deny Contraception, Citing Religion

A favorite talking point for Republicans pushing to defund Planned Parenthood is that the services provided by the organization’s affiliates throughout the country can be easily replaced by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs): community clinics that receive billions in public funding to provide a range of primary health services to medically underserved patients.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) says he wants to redirect Planned Parenthood’s funding to these centers, which he claims “provide the same kinds of services … without all of the controversy surrounding” abortion care.

But a Rewire investigation has found that some of these centers refuse to provide full family planning services, citing religious views....
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