A divided House has voted to cut off Planned Parenthood's federal funds for a year as Republicans expressed outrage over abortion and the organization's procurement of fetal tissue for research.

The House approved the measure Friday by a nearly party-line 241-187 vote.

The bill has little chance of enactment. Senate Democrats have enough votes to block it, and it faces a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

Republicans want to move against Planned Parenthood after organization officials were secretly recorded describing how they obtain fetal tissue. Those videos have helped mushroom the longtime fight over abortion into a prominent issue for next year's elections.

Abortion opponents say the tapes show Planned Parenthood illegally profited from tissue sales. Planned Parenthood says it's acted legally and says the tapes were deceptively edited.

5th District Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty says no federal tax dollars go toward abortion, and none have since 1976.

As a college freshman, Esty volunteered for Planned Parenthood.  She says she saw the impact on young women from a rural town with no access to family planning services.  She says too many got pregnant, dropped out of school and never pursued their dreams.

Esty says 1 in 5 American women has sought medical care from Planned Parenthood.  Whether it's cervical cancer, breast cancer, or ovarian cancer everybody knows someone who has sought preventative care or cancer screening from the organization.  Speaking on the House floor, she told her colleagues it could be there mother, neighbor, daughter or wife who benefitted from the services.

Esty says more access to quality health care is needed not less.  She says Congress needs to stop trying to restrict access to life saving cancer screenings, birth control and well-woman exams.  She says they need to stop fighting 40 year old battles on womens rights.