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May 18, 2018

Trump to Cut Funds to Women's Clinics, Reinstitute Abortion Gag Rule
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The Trump administration will announce a new rule today that would end
federal funding to women's health organizations that provide abortions
or refer patients to other clinics for abortions. The rule is aimed at
Planned Parenthood, a long-time target of anti-choice activists. This is
former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards speaking earlier
this month on Democracy Now!

Cecile Richards: "It's a domestic gag order that would really parallel
what's happening overseas. Women would no longer be able to get
information about the legality of abortion, get referral, even mention
the word, if a healthcare provider is participating in the family
planning program. Planned Parenthood provides more than 40 percent of
the family planning through the national family planning program. We
would be banned, and women who come to us for healthcare would be
banned. It is unbelievably extreme."



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