COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio bill that seeks to divert government funding away from Planned Parenthood cleared one of its final legislative hurdles on Wednesday.

The measure targets the roughly $1.3 million in grant funding that Planned Parenthood receives through the Ohio Department of Health. The funding, which is mostly federal, supports initiatives for HIV testing, breast and cervical cancer screenings and prevention of violence against women.

The legislation passed the Senate on a 22-8 vote Wednesday after a committee earmarked $250,000 for community health centers as part of an effort to help reduce the state’s infant mortality rate.

The House passed an earlier version of the bill and must sign off on the changes before it goes to Republican Gov. John Kasich, who’s running for president. House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, R-Clarksville, told reporters he expects his chamber to give its OK next month.

The bill would restrict such funds from going to entities that perform or promote abortions, their affiliates and those that contract with an entity that performs abortions. It would not affect the overall amount of money available for such initiatives, just who could get it.

Both the Ohio House and state Senate passed separate versions of the measure last year. Republican legislative leaders recently agreed to advance the House’s bill, which has a Democratic co-sponsor.

Sen. Tom Sawyer, an Akron Democrat, told his colleagues that state and federal laws already prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.

“I believe our debate today breaks no new ground,” Sawyer said, noting the agenda was “outdated.”

In defending the bill, Sen. Peggy Lehner responded, “There’s nothing outdated about our respect for human life.”

Lehner, a Kettering Republican, said she and other abortion opponents have an obligation to say to Planned Parenthood that “until you get out of the business of termination of pregnancy, the destruction of human life, we are not going to choose to fund you.”

The bill follows an outcry among abortion opponents around the country after the release of secretly recorded videos by activists alleging that Planned Parenthood sold fetal tissue to researchers for a profit in violation of federal law. Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing, saying a handful of its clinics provided fetal tissue for research while receiving only permissible reimbursement for costs.

Three of Planned Parenthood’s 28 locations in Ohio provide abortions. The organization has said it has no fetal tissue donation program in Ohio, where such donations are illegal.

While Ohio’s legislation does not specifically name Planned Parenthood, the bill’s sponsors have acknowledged that the organization will be the most affected and backers have pointed to the videos as reason to support the funding restrictions. They say the money should go to health centers and other providers that do not perform abortions.

Stephanie Ranade Krider, executive director of Ohio Right to Life, said the anti-abortion group has been working to strip taxpayer money away from Planned Parenthood long before the videos.

“Our taxpayer funds are not meant to be providing abortions or supporting the abortion business,” she told reporters Wednesday. She said the money helps keep the lights on at Planned Parenthood.

A Planned Parenthood leader said the legislation would most heavily impact the organization’s health education and prevention programs. Still, Stephanie Kight, chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, emphasized their facilities in Ohio would remain open and continue to provide health care services if the bill passes.

Kight said the organization has received the targeted money through a competitive process. She called the bill “a shameful moment” for state lawmakers. “They have used this legislation to make a political statement and boost their careers,” she told reporters.

Asked whether the organization would sue over the legislation, Kight said, “We’ll certainly look at every option.”