Biden Reverses Rule Barring Taxpayer Funds to Clinics Referring Abortion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "This rule is a step forward for family planning care as it aims to strengthen and restore our nation's Title X program," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, a longstanding ally of Planned Parenthood.
58% : Planned Parenthood, the biggest service provider, said on Twitter its health centers look forward to returning.
51% : Planned Parenthood and other abortion vendors who wished to continue to receive Title X family planning grants would be required to move their abortion services offsite to an entirely different location.
47% : Specifically, the regulation prohibited the use of the funds to "perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning."
46% : Given the attacks on abortion in Texas and across the country, it's more important than ever that patients can access their choice of birth control and other health care through Title X -- and that it is easily available.
45% : Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director and founder of pro-life ministry
45% : Women deserve better than abortion and they certainly deserve better than going to clinics that see them only as a number to pad their bottom line.
40% : Title X is a critical piece of our social safety net that can, and should, ensure that people with low incomes can access essential health care without forcing providers to withhold referrals for all of the options available to them.
39% : The Trump administration rule established a clear line between family planning and abortion.
38% : Planned Parenthood celebrated the reversal of the Trump Title X rule:
37% : The Associated Press reported as well on the apparent disagreement between Planned Parenthood and the Biden administration:
35% : While Title X money should not go to clinics that refer for abortion, Planned Parenthood and their allies are experts at getting around this minor rule and now, thanks to Biden and all those who voted for him, they no longer need to hide it.
32% : The Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule Monday that reverses the Trump administration's policy of prohibiting taxpayer funds to family planning clinics that refer clients for abortion.
30% : In February 2019, the Trump administration issued a final rule that underscored that federal taxpayer funds provided for the Title X family planning grant program may not be used to support abortion in any way.
26% : The Trump HHS rule blocked federal family planning grants to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers who referred girls and women for abortions as part of their family planning services.
23% : But the group criticized part of the Biden administration rule that allows individual clinicians who object to abortion not to provide referrals.

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