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The Trump administration proposed rules Friday that create a firewall between federal funds for family planning and abortion services, effectively targeting Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n
The Health and Human Services Department sent its proposed rule to the White House to kick-start the regulatory process, which could take months, without offering many details.<\/p>\n
Yet Capitol Hill lawmakers and advocates say the proposed rule change to Title X \u2014 a $260 million federal program for contraception and other services \u2014 revives a Reagan-era interpretation of the 1970 law that bars clinics from referring patients to abortion services.<\/p>\n
It also says clinics that perform abortions under the same roof as other family planning services should not receive Title X money. That means Planned Parenthood, the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider and a frequent target for Republicans, would have to rearrange its operations or risk being carved out of the program.<\/p>\n
Federal funding cannot be used for abortion, though Title X grants assist low-income Americans in getting things such as birth control and other reproductive health services.<\/p>\n
Mr. Trump\u2019s conservative base has railed against any public funding for Planned Parenthood, saying money is fungible, so taxpayers are propping up the abortion side of their business.<\/p>\n
The White House said Friday night that the move fulfills Mr. Trump\u2019s promise \u201cto continue to improve women\u2019s health and ensure that federal funds are not used to fund the abortion industry in violation of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis important proposal would ensure compliance with the program\u2019s existing statutory prohibition on funding programs in which abortion is a method of family planning,\u201d the White House said. \u201cThe new proposed rule would not cut funds from the Title X program. Instead, it would ensure that taxpayers do not indirectly fund abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Congressional Republicans cheered Mr. Trump\u2019s proposal, saying it\u2019s important to put keep taxpayers out of the abortion business.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are plenty of health care providers, such as community and rural health centers, that provide the family planning needs of women and will be better stewards of the people\u2019s tax dollars,\u201d Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama Republican, said.<\/p>\n
From the other side, Planned Parenthood said the proposal \u201ctakes away people\u2019s access to health care and infringes on women\u2019s right to safe, legal abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Its Democratic allies, meanwhile, called it a \u201cgag rule\u201d that will harm needy women and limit their health care choices.<\/p>\n
Planned Parenthood provides contraception services for an estimated 40 percent of the 4 million covered by Title X. Many of them don\u2019t have a backup, Democrats say, so cutting it out of Title X will leave them in the lurch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this decision, President Trump is standing right between millions of American women and their doctors,\u201d said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer.<\/p>\n
Pro-life groups such as the Susan B. Anthony List said there is no \u201cgag rule\u201d \u2014 the rule would still allow clinics to counsel women on abortion, just not require them to offer the counseling or refer them for the procedure.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Dave Boyer contributed to this report.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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