{"id":245652,"date":"2021-05-27T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=245652"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:02:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:02:32","slug":"planned-parenthood-funding-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-funding-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"LIES: Planned Parenthood claims loss of funding caused ‘irreparable harm’ to nation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, Planned Parenthood voluntarily dismissed<\/a> its own lawsuit against the state of Texas regarding its removal from the state Medicaid program in 2016. In a joint statement<\/a> with the American Medical Association, the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, Essential Access Health, and Feminist Women’s Health Center\/Cedar River Clinics, Planned Parenthood said that its decision to ask that the case be dismissed was based on the Biden administration’s support for the abortion industry.<\/p>\n

“Today’s dismissal of the Supreme Court Title X cases marks another important step forward for patients across the country who have been denied access to essential care during a pandemic,” read the statement. “We are pleased that all parties, including the federal government, agreed that the litigation over the Trump administration’s ‘gag rule’ is no longer necessary. As the comment period on its proposed regulations comes to a close today, we look forward to the Biden administration’s continued prompt action to undo this dangerous and discriminatory rule.”<\/p>\n

Abortion is not essential health care and is always<\/em> elective<\/a>. The Title X family planning program gives federal funding to health care centers around the country. The money, however, cannot be used to pay for abortions. The Trump administration took it a step further and under the “Protect Life Rule” said the money could not go to health care centers that committed or referred for\u00a0<\/em>abortions in any capacity unless their abortion services were physically and financially separated from their actual health care services. Planned Parenthood refused to cooperate and withdrew itself from the Title X program, giving up<\/a> about $170 million in Title X funding. President Biden has promised to end the Protect Life Rule and\u00a0Planned Parenthood is confident this funding will be restored along with the $3.1 million in state funding it lost in Texas.<\/p>\n

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