WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Pat Roberts  and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today voted in favor of legislation they helped introduce to defund Planned Parenthood.

The bill was introduced following the release of gruesome footage showcasing Planned Parenthood’s role in the harvesting of the organs of unborn babies.

“It is extremely disappointing that the Senate has failed to protect life, protect women’s health, and allowed these disgusting practices to continue while taxpayers foot the bill,” Roberts said following the vote. “I will continue to fight to make sure that Planned Parenthood receives no federal funding. Every life is a precious gift that we have a responsibility to protect.”

“I am deeply disappointed the U.S. Senate today rejected legislation to protect both women’s health and the lives of unborn children,” said Moran. ” If individual organs and tissues can be harvested from aborted babies, how can the case be made that these are not human lives being destroyed? Why do we place more value on the parts and pieces of a life than the life as a whole?

“Kansans have made it clear they don’t want their taxes contributing to abortion providers, and I have worked to make their voices heard here in Washington. Women deserve affordable health care, which is already being offered by a number of organizations that have nothing to do with abortions. We can and should support these health providers, and we can and should protect the unborn. S. 1881 would be a significant step in accomplishing both goals, and I believe it should have passed with broad support.”

Last week, Sen. Roberts and Moran joined senators from across the country in asking Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to cooperate fully as Congress investigates this organization that receives hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.