Planned Parenthood leaves family planning program over Trump abortion rule
By Jessie Hellmann - 08/19/19 02:46 PM EDT
Planned Parenthood's affiliates will tell the Trump administration Monday that they will leave the federal family planning program rather than comply with new abortion restrictions.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had set a Monday deadline for Title X family planning grantees to prove they are complying with new rules banning providers from referring women for abortions.
Planned Parenthood said Monday its affiliates cannot ethically comply with the changes, which it called a "gag rule" on health care providers. That means Planned Parenthood's affiliates will lose millions of dollars in federal funding that it used to provide birth control and other reproductive health care services to low-income women and men.
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