{"id":187736,"date":"2018-08-30T04:13:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T09:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=187736"},"modified":"2018-08-30T00:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T05:18:40","slug":"trump-administration-cut-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/trump-administration-cut-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration moves to cut Planned Parenthood funding sooner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In May, the Trump Administration proposed adding the Protect Life Rule into the Department of Health and Human Services’ Title X Family Planning funding. As Live Action News’ Carole Novielli stated<\/a>, “under the new rules, Title X projects will not be allowed to refer women for\u00a0abortions<\/a>. Any organization that receives family planning funds will also be required to keep facilities where abortions are committed separate from facilities where family planning care is provided.”<\/p>\n

A final decision on this rule, which could technically defund Planned Parenthood to the tune of about $60 million annually (a mere drop in the bucket of Planned Parenthood’s half a billion yearly taxpayer dollars), is expected soon. But\u00a0there has been a new development, and the abortion industry isn’t happy. The Hill<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u00a0on Wednesday shortened the funding period for grants awarded to organizations providing family planning services.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Title X grants will fund\u00a0groups that offer birth control, STD testing and other family planning services through March 2019. Previous funding lasted for three-year periods.<\/em><\/p>\n

READ: Dear HHS: Every day Planned Parenthood is funded, more babies will die<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hill adds that “[t]he change suggests the administration might be planning to wrap up” the old rule and bring in the new.<\/p>\n

“Making the grants seven months long instead of three years would give HHS enough time to finalize its regulation,” adds The Hill, “after which it could award new grants to organizations more closely aligned with the administration’s views on abortion and contraception.”<\/p>\n

Currently, there are many ways that taxpayers foot the bill for abortions, through both state and federal funding, despite the federal Hyde Amendment, which was designed to prevent most abortions from being funded with federal tax dollars. As The Hill notes, “While federal funding, including Title X grants, cannot go toward abortions, anti-abortion groups argue that any government funds received by Planned Parenthood indirectly support the procedure.”<\/p>\n

Yes. Pro-lifers argue this because it’s true.<\/em>\u00a0Here’s how:<\/p>\n