Planned Parenthood survived ‘defunding’ — just in time for elections

According to The 19th, Planned Parenthood has emerged from a bruising fight over its federal funding. A year ago, abortion opponents celebrated after the organization was temporarily removed from Medicaid, one of the country's largest health insurance programs, under the Trump administration. Planned Parenthood had called the move an existential threat, warning that hundreds of its health centers could be forced to close. The 19th reports that the group ultimately weathered that defunding effort — and now arrives at election season with its role in the health care system, and in the broader abortion debate, back at the center of the political conversation.

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