AKRON – U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes used a Planned Parenthood affiliate in her district on Monday to illustrate how looming federal budget cuts will impact health care for vulnerable constituents.

Sykes met with employees and toured the Akron Health Center and PPRx pharmacy amid federal budget cuts that threaten the organization’s ability to provide care.

Sykes warned that the provision in Republicans’ sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” stripping the organization of Medicaid funding would create ripple effects throughout Ohio’s 13th congressional district, forcing her most vulnerable constituents to seek more expensive healthcare or go without treatment entirely.

There have been efforts made by GOP lawmakers and anti-abortion groups for years to exclude Planned Parenthood clinic

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