Wyden, Merkley Blast Republicans for Defunding Planned Parenthood in Trump’s Big Bad Bill

Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Advised Republican Provision to Defund Planned Parenthood Can Stay in Budget Bill Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that a Republican provision to defund Planned Parenthood could remain in the Senate reconciliation bill: “Republicans will stop at nothing in their crusade to take control of women’s bodies and deny them the right to make their own health care decisions ,”the senators said. “ Republicans are trampling the law to force their extremist ideology onto the American people .” ###