Massachusetts To Fund Planned Parenthood Even If Federal Government Doesn’t

The three political leaders of Massachusetts state government say they plan to make sure abortion clinics that also provide contraception to poor people continue to get public funds even if the federal government cuts them off.

"It's something we are all very concerned about. We want to make sure that people here in Massachusetts, women, have access to reproductive services, all of them," Governor Charlie Baker said Monday during a press conference with Karen Spilka, the Massachusetts Senate president, and Robert DeLeo, the Massachusetts House speaker, according to video published by State House News Service. "And I believe the Legislature's planning to act on making sure that the funding is there for the rest of this fiscal year, and then depending upon what happens in the courts, we'll deal with next year. But I would just say I think there's unanimity among us that we should make sure that the federal policy change here does not affect women's ability to access reproductive services in Massachusetts, period."