STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to protect Planned Parenthood and its patients after congress usurped the organization’s ability to provide care to Medicaid recipients.

“Washington Republicans have shown time and again that they’ll stop at nothing to undermine women’s health care and restrict access to reproductive rights,” Hochul said in a statement. “In the face of Congressional Republicans voting to defund Planned Parenthood, I’ve directed the state to fund these vital services, protecting access to health care that thousands of New Yorkers rely on. I will always stand up for reproductive rights and the health care that New Yorkers deserve.”

In New York state alone, Planned Parenthood operates a network of five subdivisions that is made up of 47 locations.

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