The Weekly Standard is reporting that US Congresswoman Diane Black (R-TN-06) has introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (H.R. 3134)into the House of Representatives. Some eighty original co-sponsors are supporting the legislative effort, which would have the result of placing “an immediate moratorium on all federal funding of Planned Parenthood for the span of one year while Congress conducts a full investigation into the organization’s activities,” according to an official press release. One Democratic Congressman, Daniel Lipinski (D-IL-03), is among the co-sponsors.
On the other side of the U.S. Capitol building, “Twelve Senate Republicans have called for a ‘full investigation’ of Planned Parenthood Federation of America,” according to the Washington Times, one of D.C.’s leading conservative newspapers. Among the US Senators are several Republican presidential candidates, including Ted Cruz (TX), Rand Paul (KY), and Marco Rubio (FL).
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