SALEM, Ore. — Oregon's Emergency Board approved $7.5 million in state funding for Planned Parenthood on Tuesday after a federal budget law restricted Medicaid coverage for the organization's services.
The allocation comes after a budget law signed by President Donald Trump began prohibiting Medicaid from covering all Planned Parenthood services, even those unrelated to abortion, such as cancer screenings, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, contraception and gender-affirming care.
Abortions account for about 10% of Planned Parenthood's services, according to the agency and state Democratic leaders, and existing federal law already prohibits Medicaid from covering abortion services except in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is in danger.
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