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(Anchorage Daily News) — Conservatives in Congress say they want to wipe out all federal spending for Planned Parenthood because it is a leading abortion provider. Supporters of the organization in Alaska say that will hurt women who go to its clinics for other care including cancer screenings, birth control services, and testing for sexually transmitted disease. . . .

Alaska’s other U.S. senator, Democrat Mark Begich, voted against the House measure. He was one of 20 senators who recently signed a letter to Vice President Joe Biden rejecting what they called ideological House cuts. The elimination of funding to Planned Parenthood in particular won’t solve the nation’s budget problem but will cut off women from essential health services, they wrote.

“More fundamentally, without the care Planned Parenthood provides — without access to Pap smears, pelvic exams and breast exams — women will die,” the senators said.