US Congress rolls back family planning funding protections

US Republican lawmakers on Thursday successfully rolled back Obama-era rules protecting funding to clinics that offer abortion services, as Vice President Mike Pence broke a Senate tie on the contentious measure.The rules had prevented states from withholding certain federal money -- distributed under a "Title X" program that funds family planning clinics used in large measure by low-income Americans -- to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.Republicans, who control both chambers of