Time - The Trump Administration’s move to withhold millions of dollars allocated for family planning services is affecting reproductive health care access in more than 20 states—including some that have made efforts to protect reproductive rights.
Enacted in 1970, Title X is the nation’s sole federally funded family planning program. The program doesn’t fund abortion services, but it does allocate more than $200 million annually for clinics that provide other forms of health care—including birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing—for people from low-income households. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is withholding funds from 16 organizations in the Title X program “pending an evaluation of possible violations” of federal civil rights laws and President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that said undocumented immigrants are barred “from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits.” Affected organizations received notices from HHS that their funds would be temporarily withheld while they respond to the federal government’s inquiry regarding compliance with their grant terms. Reproductive health providers have called the freeze "politically motivated.” More
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