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WEBVTT <we believe that tax payerdollars should not go toproviders that provideabortions.> Iowa's future governor Kim Reynolds makes itclear she's in step withGovernor Branstad when it cometo defunding Planned Parenthood.Planned Parenthood is disappointed but not surprised. <this really is playing dangerous political games withthe health care of some of ourmost vulnerable citizens.>Spokesman Rachel Lopez says republican politicians aremisinformed.< The fact is noone penny of Iowa tax dollars orfederal tax dollars have gone tofund abortion care services.> State lawmakers now control the legislature and have the best chance in years to take awayPlanned parenthoods federal funding. They promise other clinics can take up the slack ifplanned parenthood closes.<There are clinicsall over the state of Iowa that provide the same services> Statesenator Brad Zaun told us tocheck out a list of federal qualified clinics. One is listedat Scavo alterative high school in DM. It turns out to be the nurses office here. One islisted as a clinic at 12th andUniversity...which is actually adentist office. Another islisted at the Central Iowashelter and services, which is ahomeless shelter. None provides reproductive medical care and screenings for women. < I would suggesyou go see agape> We did, and itturns out their office on king is a christian counselingcenter...no medical care here.<I find it absurd that the Governor's office is saying that these organizationcan absorb out patients. They simply can't>

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Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that she agrees with Governor Terry Branstad on a plan to defund Planned Parenthood because they perform abortions. Planned Parenthood opponents said there are plenty of other health clinics that do not perform abortions that can help women instead. KCCI's Todd Magel investigated the alternative clinics legislatures say would be given the federal money to provide reproductive services in place of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood officials said they are disappointed that Reynolds is supporting measures to defund them, but that they are not surprised. “This really is playing dangerous political games with the healthcare of some of our most vulnerable citizens,” Planned Parenthood spokesperson Rachel Lopez said. Lopez said Republican politicians are misinformed. “The fact is, not one penny of Iowa tax dollars, or federal tax dollars for that matter, have gone to fund abortion care services,” Lopez said. Republican state lawmakers now control the Legislature and have the best chance in years to take away Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. State Sen. Brad Zaun, a proponent of the plan to defund Planned Parenthood, said other clinics can take up the slack if Planned Parenthood closes. “There are clinics all over the state of Iowa that provide the same services,” Zaun said. Zaun referred KCCI to a list of federally qualified clinics that could take Planned Parenthood’s place. Of the clinics listed in Des Moines, one listed at Scavo Alternative High School is the school's nurse's office. Another clinic listed at 12th St. and University Ave. is a dentist’s office. A third clinic listed is the Central Iowa Shelter and Services, which is a homeless shelter. Of those three clinics, none provide reproductive medical care and screenings for women. Zaun also suggested the Agape Pregnancy Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy. The Christian counseling center offers free pregnancy tests and free chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, but no additional medical care. “I find it absurd that the governor's office is saying that these organizations can absorb our patients,” Lopez said. “They simply can't.” Planned Parenthood uses $1.5 million in federal funding to perform its non-abortion medical care for low-income women. It is up to state lawmakers and the governor to vote on whether that funding continues.