Title X – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

22 Mar

Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

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A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress is calling on the federal government to prevent a funding shortfall for reproductive health clinics in less than two weeks.

21 Mar

Millions of Americans are about to lose access to birth control. Why?

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Untold numbers will get sick as a result. Clinics are scrambling, and no one seems to be able to explain why this is happening

20 Mar

NH’s Pappas and Over 120 Members Urge HHS to Fund Title X Grants to Protect Critical Reproductive Care After Significant Delay

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Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and over 120 Members sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy urging him to extend Title X grants that provide critical family planning funding to health care centers across the country after HHS failed to provide guidance for months. Title X-funded health centers are lifelines in their communities, providing high-quality family planning and sexual health care, including cancer screenings, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV testing, contraceptive services and supplies, pregnancy testing, and other essential health care services.

20 Mar

Birth control clinics rush to reapply for funding after receiving new Trump admin guidance

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Federally-funded clinics that provide contraception and other reproductive health services have one week to apply for new grants after the Trump administration released long-delayed guidance Friday night. Current funding runs out April 1.

19 Mar

Family Planning Clinics Have Just Days To Reapply For Title X Funding

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The Department of Health and Human Services' long-delayed guidance eliminates verbiage deemed inappropriate by the Trump administration and advises against "non-discriminatory services." Current grants expire April 1.

17 Mar

US pulls away from family planning. What about the $600M saved for it?

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Despite Congress approving $607.5 million for family planning, new U.S. policies are reshaping how global health funding is spent.

16 Mar

VG Senator Warner, Colleagues Demand HHS Immediately Release Title X Funding

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Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 38 colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanding that HHS take immediate action to protect Americans’ uninterrupted access to comprehensive family planning and services by awarding a one-year full funding extension for all current Title X grantees.

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…

23 Nov

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care

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In 1970, the only federal program dedicated to providing low- and no-cost birth control and other reproductive health care was created with bipartisan support.

03 Jul

Title X funding returns to Missouri nonprofit that helped coordinate Oklahoma reproductive services

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A Missouri nonprofit that coordinated Title X federal family planning services in Oklahoma after the state lost its funding has had its Title X dollars restored following a three-month delay.

05 May

Family planning clinics lose Title X funding over statements supporting DEI

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For more than 50 years, millions of federal dollars in Title X grants have funded clinics that offer free or discounted family planning services to mostly low-income Americans. In April, the Trump administration froze more than $65 million in grants, forcing some providers to shut their doors.

30 Apr

Trump Restores Title X Funding for Two Anti-Abortion States — While Wiping It Out Elsewhere

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The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request.

24 Apr

If both Title X and Medicaid are gutted, Missourians will face impossible barriers to care

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Missouri’s sexual and reproductive health care safety-net is in crisis — and Congress must act before it’s too late. The attacks are coming fast and from every direction.

17 Apr

Conn. Reproductive health advocates push against Trump’s plan to freeze Title X

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In a push to protect Title X, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, Planned Parenthood and other advocates met on Wednesday to talk about reproductive health services. See less

19 Dec

Reproductive health advocates brace for return of Title X challenges under Trump

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Reproductive health advocates brace for return of Title X challenges under Trump