The latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act contains a provision to strip federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Three Republican Senators want to remove the item, according to The Hill.
Republican Senators Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) have filed an amendment with Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) that would remove the Planned Parenthood provision from the reconciliation proposal currently on the Senate floor.
As is, the repeal bill aims to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood for one year and reallocate the money to other community health centers, according to the report. Republican leaders have conveyed confidence they can get the 51 votes required to push the reconciliation bill through the Senate this week.
However, the three senators have conveyed concern over the linkage between the ACA and Planned Parenthood, and have not commented on whether they would support the legislation to repeal the healthcare reform law during a final vote. Even if the senators fail to remove the Planned Parenthood language from the repeal bill, President Barack Obama is expected to veto the bill if it passes through the Senate.
So far, their amendment has been filed but has not yet been scheduled for a vote.