Planned Parenthood to stop taking Title X funds rather than comply with abortion 'gag rule'
by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Aug 20, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income people access contraception rather than comply with what it calls a new Trump administration "gag rule" that prohibits it from providing abortion referrals to those patients.
The announcement comes amid a protracted legal battle with the White House over changes to the nearly 50-year-old Title X program, which annually provides $286 million to health care providers to fund family planning services such as birth control. The administration required grantees to explain by Monday how they
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