Bentley ends State Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood

MONTGOMERY– Earlier today Alabama Governor Robert Bentley decided to cut all state funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a spokesperson from the governor’s office.

In a tweet from Governor Bentley this afternoon, Thursday, August 6,  he wrote, “The deplorable practices at Planned Parenthood have been exposed to Americans. I’ve

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terminated any association with the organization in AL.”

The Governor has stated “”As a doctor and Alabama’s Governor, the issue of human life, from conception to birth and beyond, is extremely important to me. I respect human life, and I do not want Alabama to be associated with an organization that does not .”