National Review
Alexandra DeSanctis
Mar. 31, 2017
The Senate voted on Thursday to overturn an Obama-administration rule that prohibited states from diverting their Title X funds away from groups that perform abortions, in effect forcing states to fund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The Health and Human Services regulation said states could not use “criteria in their selection of subrecipients that are unrelated to the ability to deliver services to program beneficiaries in an effective manner.”
This formulation made it impossible for states to defund abortion providers, because those clinics are said to “deliver services . . . in an effective manner.” It’s worth noting, too, that the regulation could easily be interpreted as preventing states from funding crisis-pregnancy centers and other clinics that don’t provide abortions.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/446345/planned-parenthood-congress-reverses-obama-title-x-rule
