Reprinted with permission from Health Affairs Blog Over the past few months, legislative attempts to defund Planned Parenthood have flared at both the federal and state levels; these moves are clearly an attempt to shutter Planned Parenthood health centers, potentially depriving women of the contraceptive services and counseling, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, […]
Author: Kinsey Hasstedt
Kinsey Hasstedt is a public policy associate at the Guttmacher Institute.
Family-Planning Funding Is at Risk: Here’s What You Need to Know
Reprinted with permission from Health Affairs Blog The Title X national family planning program was created 45 years ago with broad bipartisan support. Today, Congress has Title X—still the only federal grant program dedicated entirely to family planning and related preventive health care—in its sights for severe funding cuts or even elimination. The U.S. House […]