Some Democratic states are planning to withdraw from the main federal family planning program if they can’t stop the Trump administration from steering money away from health providers who offer abortions
“I can’t quite imagine how we would provide care for again those who are really struggling to meet basic needs and get access to health care services,” said Kara Odom Walker, the secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. The funding covers crucial services like basic women’s cancer screenings and testing for sexually transmitted infections at 55 Delaware clinics, she said.have health departments that serve as recipients of Title X dollars.
the organization won’t participate under the new rules, and the organization, along with the American Medical Association, filed a separate lawsuit challenging the rules.delay of the rules’ implementation would give states, community health centers and other clinics more time to decide if they want to comply with the changes while the cases wind their way through the courts.
“It is a shame that some states are so committed to promoting abortion that they would give up federal family planning dollars — holding women’s health hostage to abortion allegiance,” Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser told POLITICO. “We are hopeful that other entities devoted to authentic health care for women — not abortion — will step forward.
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