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August 15, 2019

Planned Parenthood Says It's Being Forced to End Title X Family Planning Program
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Planned Parenthood says it will end its family planning program for
low-income people next week, unless a federal court blocks a Trump
administration rule barring Title X federal funding for any organization
that provides abortions or refers patients for abortions. Trump ordered
the sweeping changes to Title X in February, and recently the Department
of Health and Human Services ordered all Title X recipients to sign a
pledge by August 19 promising to comply with the rule. Planned
Parenthood says it will refuse. Acting president Alexis Mc Gill Johnson
said in a statement, "Unless the Ninth Circuit intervenes, this gag rule
will destroy the Title X program - putting birth control, breast and
cervical cancer screenings, and STI testing and treatment at risk for
millions of people struggling to make ends meet."


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