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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would give states much-needed flexibility to prevent Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from participating in their Medicaid programs.

“Over the past few months, extremely disturbing information has come to light about the activities of abortion providers and their sale of unborn children’s hearts and other organs for compensation,” said Foxx during a speech on the House floor. “In light of those discoveries, states should have the right to decide whether their Medicaid funds support a provider whose atrocities have shocked our national conscience and devalued human life.”

H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, passed the House by a vote of 236-193. 

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that $390 million of the $450 million in taxpayer funds that Planned Parenthood receives annually is provided through Medicaid.

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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District and is the elected Republican Conference Secretary. Dr. Foxx is the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and serves as Vice Chair of the House Rules Committee.