Amid all the news coverage of the GOP\u2019s spending-bill extravaganza\u2014 ……. \u2014one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide.<\/p>\n
But if this proposed provision passes, clinics all over the country will be affected. It would \u201chave a pretty devastating impact on a lot of providers,\u201d Mary Ziegler, a legal scholar and an Atlantic<\/i> contributor, told me. Some would probably close, and others would have to limit the number of patients they serve.<\/p>\n
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