{"id":215239,"date":"2019-12-11T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=215239"},"modified":"2019-12-11T00:50:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T06:50:14","slug":"new-jersey-bill-planned-parenthood-contraceptive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-jersey-bill-planned-parenthood-contraceptive\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey bill would massively increase Planned Parenthood funding, mandate contraceptive coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A New Jersey bill just passed through the Senate budget committee, and if it continues making its way through the state legislature, Planned Parenthood stands to pocket $9.5 million. That is a sizable increase from earlier this year<\/a>, when the bill was first being considered; then, the amount considered was $8.8 million. This is in addition to<\/em> the $10.5 million in state funding that the abortion corporation<\/a> already receives.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason for the funding increase is due to the Trump administration’s new Title X requirements, which caused many Planned Parenthood affiliates — including those in New Jersey — to opt out of receiving funding<\/a>. The new requirements mandate that recipient organizations separate, physically and financially, abortion services from family planning services, and they must no longer refer for abortions. Recipients are also required to report instances of sexual abuse of minors to police \u2014 something Planned Parenthood tends not to do<\/a>. According to a previous Live Action News report,\u00a087 percent of Title X facilities<\/a> nationwide are not<\/em> Planned Parenthood affiliates.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood has slammed these changes as a “gag rule,” and chose to withdraw from Title X rather than cease committing abortions.<\/p>\n