{"id":197888,"date":"2019-03-09T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=197888"},"modified":"2019-03-07T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T20:05:27","slug":"states-sue-planned-parenthood-mobilizes-hhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/states-sue-planned-parenthood-mobilizes-hhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple states sue, Planned Parenthood mobilizes against pro-life HHS rule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title X<\/a>, the federal family planning program, serves about 4 million people, allowing them to receive low and no-cost family planning services. The Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services new rule change (often referred to as the Protect Life Rule<\/a>), which is set to go into effect on May 3, now requires a “clear financial and physical separation between Title X funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method of family planning.” This has, of course, left Planned Parenthood up in arms. For them, killing preborn human beings is a major part of family planning.<\/p>\n

Currently, 21 states<\/a> have filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration due to the Title X rule change. The first was California which aims to block the changes before they go into effect in May. According to The Washington Post<\/a>, the states say the new rule violates the Affordable Care Act by allegedly creating “unreasonable barriers to the ability of individuals to obtain appropriate medical care.”<\/p>\n

The other states joining the lawsuit include Oregon, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. The Washington Post notes<\/a> that American Civil Liberties Union and The Center for Reproductive Rights also plan to sue the Trump Administration over the new Title X rule.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the rule change, in order for Planned Parenthood to continue to receive the $60 million annually in Title X funding, the abortion corporation would have to separate abortion from its other services both financially and<\/em> physically. Planned Parenthood would have 120 days to end a financial connection and a full year to separate abortion “services” from its actual health care services such as cancer screenings and birth control. Currently, Title X money can’t be used to pay for abortions, but money is fungible. The dollars given to pay for birth control and health services also go toward the same buildings, doctors, and employees, keeping the abortion side of the business going. The video below explains how this works:<\/p>\n