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THE HOUSE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
DAMAGED.
THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE IS
EXPECTED TO VOTE TONIGHT
ON A BILL TO DEFUND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, AND DIVERT
MONEY TO OTHER HEALTH-CARE
CLINICS AROUND THE STATE.
THAT MOVE SET OFF A FRENZY
OF PROTESTS AT THE
CAPITAL.
CRITICS SAY IT WILL TAKE HEALTH
CARE AWAY FROM
THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTAN WOMEN.
PAT KESSL,R IS AT THE CAPITAL.
HE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.
Reporter: HI, AMELIA.
WE'RE AWAITING THAT DEFUNDING
DEBATE SOMETIME TONIGHT.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS
SAY, HOWEVER, THIS IS
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ATTACK ON
THE ORGANIZATION IN
YEARS, AND TODAY THE MINNESOTA
HOUSE DID PASS TWO
MEASURES, WHICH WOULD RESTRICT
ACCESS TO ABORTION.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SUPPORTERS
LINED THE HALLWAYS
LEADING TO THE MINNESOTA HOUSE
CHAMBER TO PROTEST
THE ACTION.
MORNING.
Reporter: MINNESOTA IS ONE
OF 23 STATES TO
CONSIDER DEFUNDING PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AFTER A SERIES
OF DEBUNKED UNDERSTOOD COVER
VIDEOS, PURPORTED TO
SHOW THE SALE OF BODY PARTS.
AND A TOP REPUBLICAN LEADER
SAID DEFUNDING WOULD NOT
AFFECT WOMEN SEEKING CONTRA.
THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE
BETTER DEPLOYED WITHIN
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTERS THAT PROVIDE LOT
OF CARE, COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR
PEOPLE, NOT JUST
REPRODUCTIVE CARE FOR THE
HEALTH NEEDS OF PARTICULARLY YOUNG WOMEN.
Reporter: PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SAYS FEW OF THE
HEALTH CLINICS CITED BY
REPUBLICANS COULD SERVE THE
45,000 WOMEN WHO WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION.
ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, CRITICS
CALLED IT HYPOCRITICAL.
BUT YOU, AS POLITICIANS, ARE
WILLING TO SAY,
"LET'S LET GOVERNMENT GET INTO
THAT BEDROOM AND INTO
THAT DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND INTO
THAT CLINIC AND TELL
WOMEN WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN NOT .O."
Reporter: DEFUNDING PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS ONLY
ONE ISSUE.
THE HOUSE VOTED TO LICENSE
ABORTION CLINICS LIKE
SURGERY CENTERS AND BAN TAX-
PAIR FUNDED ABORTIONS
FOR POOR WOMEN.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON
DENOUNCED THE
EFFORT.
DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
Reporter: MEANWHILE THE
MINNESOTA SENATE THIS
AFTERNOON NARROWLY DEFEATED TWO
MEASURES: ONE ON THE
ABORTION FACILITY LICENSING;
THE OTHER RESTRICTING
TAX-PAIR FUNDED ABORTIONS.
SO, AMELIA, WITH JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS LEFT IN THIS
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SUDDENLY
ABORTION IS FRONT AND CENTER.