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28 Feb

An Unhealthy Obsession — The Cruelty Behind Cuts to Family Planning Programs Proposed by the Trump Administration and House Republicans 

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As fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026) spending deliberations haltingly begin, the Trump administration and House Republicans have made one of their priorities clear: terminate funding for international family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs. The upcoming budget battle is just the latest in a series of attacks on the rights, health, and bodily autonomy of millions. Congress has the opportunity to align itself with its constituents’ beliefs in legally protected sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and protect global FP/RH. But will they?
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27 Feb

Holding the Trump Administration Accountable for Wasting Millions of Dollars of Birth Control

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The Trump administration will let tens of millions of dollars’ worth of contraception paid for by taxpayers expire rather than distribute it as foreign aid. The contraception, representing a value of at least $10 million and possibly as much as $40 million, was earmarked for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa—where its loss could result in more than a million unintended pregnancies and thousands of maternal deaths. Multiple humanitarian organizations have offered to buy the birth control, but the administration has refused.
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25 Feb

Reducing or Eliminating the Title X Family Planning Program Would Restrict Contraceptive Access Nationwide

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The Title X Family Planning Program provides equitable and reliable access to contraception nationwide and is a critical funding stream for building and maintaining the overall health of people in the United States. Title X is the government’s only program solely dedicated to funding family planning services, which include contraceptive counseling and care, pregnancy testing, basic infertility services, and sexually transmitted infection/HIV testing and treatment. The program also supports other critical primary care services like health screenings and vaccines. In 2023, Title X served 2.8 million people, of which 72 percent reported using a form of contraception for family planning. By…
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06 Feb

HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages

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Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began removing critical information from its various webpages. On January 21, NPR reported that HHS had deleted from its website any mention of abortion related to Biden-era policies protecting abortion and other reproductive health care services. Any remaining references to abortion cite policies from the first Trump administration or contain broken links.
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25 Jan

Seeking Transparency on Trump’s Greenlighting of Violence Against Abortion Providers and Patients

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The Center is suing the Trump administration over its decision to selectively stop enforcing the FACE Act—a bipartisan law that protects abortion providers and patients from violence and harassment—and to pardon individuals already convicted under this law.
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22 Jan

The Erosion of Reproductive Freedom and Democracy One Year Under Trump

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One year ago, Donald Trump returned to the White House and launched an onslaught of attacks against reproductive freedom and other fundamental rights—all while swiftly punishing those who dared to defy him. Those efforts have caused real harm to people across the country: gutting health care, destabilizing families, silencing dissent, and laying the groundwork for a nationwide abortion ban that no one voted for.
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