New York
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) warned Congress on Friday that he would
file a lawsuit to protect abortion rights if the Senate passes the House GOP's
healthcare bill.
In an
interview with CNN's Erin Burnett, Schneiderman attacked the bill, called the
American Health Care Act, as "bad public policy."
"It
doesn't protect people with pre-existing conditions, it will cost millions of
people healthcare," he said.
Schneiderman
said that the bill in its current form is unconstitutional due to attacks on
"prohibited state funding."
"In a
tricky way, [it] tries to wipe out Planned Parenthood," he said.
"It's an effort to kill off Planned Parenthood, which would impose an
undue burden on women's Constitutionally-protected rights."
The Senate
is unlikely to pass the House's version of the bill. On Thursday, it was
announced that a group of senators are working on their own version of the
ObamaCare repeal.
It's unclear
if the Senate version will include an attempt to defund Planned Parenthood.
"I hope
it'll never become law, I hope we'll be able to save a lot of time and trouble
and not have to bring this litigation," Schneiderman said.
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