NASHUA — New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted 4-1 on Wednesday to reject family planning contracts with three reproductive health providers across the state that also provide abortion care with separate funding — Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Lovering Health center, and Equality Health Center.
According to Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund, those three providers deliver 80 percent of services provided under New Hampshire’s Family Planning Program.
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