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New Hampshire Republicans vote to defund Planned Parenthood family planning

Critics of the 2011 Republican battle against abortion on Capitol Hill and in capitals around the country have said it's about more than abortion. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, told the Colorado Independent this spring that the GOP push had exposed a large percentage of Republican lawmakers as anti-contraception and opposed to family planning. That assertion is supported by the vote and related discussion in New Hampshire last week that rejected a $1.8 million state contract for Planned Parenthood's family planning and disease prevention and treatment services. The contract had been in place for decades.
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