Posted on 02/22/2019 1:34:10 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said on Friday that taxpayer-funded family planning clinics which primarily serve low-income Americans will no longer be able to refer patients for abortions, a move that critics vowed to challenge in court.
The new regulation was announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of Title X, a government family planning program that serves about 4 million people.
The program currently subsidizes health centers such as those run by the non-profit Planned Parenthood, which provides contraception, health screenings and abortions. Planned Parenthood serves about 41 percent of Title X patients and receives up to $60 million a year in federal funds for family planning services.
To continue receiving taxpayer subsidies under the program, health clinics will have to comply with the new rule. Its key elements include “prohibiting referral for abortion as a method of family planning,” the health department said in a statement, adding that the rule “eliminates the requirement that Title X providers offer abortion counseling and referral.”
The rule would also require “clear financial and physical separation between Title X funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method of family planning,” the statement said. The law already bans recipients of Title X funds from using those funds to perform abortions.
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Amen
1.) He needed to prove that he is pro-life. CHECK
2.) He needed to make great judicial picks. CHECK
3.) He needed to be nice to Ted Cruz. CHECK
I am now totally on board.
Amen! Every day our President is getting it done!
Welcome to the high-speed Trump Train!
Been on the train ever since his Inaugural when he showed humility, thankfulness and only referred to himself twice. Both followed by the word “promise.”
Jesus Christ gets-r-done because he was born a humble redneck :-)
Wonderful! He is an Amazing man who does everything humanly possible to keep his promises.
Amen! He will never forsaken us!
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