Amid video controversy, Minnesota's two senators stick by Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON – Minnesota’s two Democratic senators aggressively pushed back on Monday against Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, with U.S. Sen. Al Franken calling it a “preposterous” idea that would only gut women’s health care.

The U.S. Senate ultimately voted 53 to 46 to kill the proposal to strip federal funding from the organization that uses federal dollars for cancer screenings, birth control and reproductive care.

Planned Parenthood also performs abortions, but federal law already prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding them.

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