Trump Administration Attacks Public Health: Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding

The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars

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‘There’s no overstating the impact here: Title X is a safety net. Six in 10 women who visit a publicly funded clinic consider it their usual source of medical care; for four in 10, it’s their only source…This is an attack on reproductive health care, poor people and an attempt to dismantle public health.’




Below is a link to an article entitled, “The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding” by Jessica Valenti who writes under the title, Abortion Every Day, about reproductive justice, including abortion, contraception, and transgender rights. Her Substack address is Here.


Excerpts from Jessica Valenti’s article are below. See link to her original full article here:

“The attack on reproductive health care has been in the works for years. Then there’s Project 2025, which lays out how the Trump administration should “reframe” the family planning program to focus on “fertility awareness and holistic family planning,” and “education on healthy marriage and relationships.”  “They want to take money meant for real reproductive health care and hand it to religious extremists who oppose birth control. All while the country is in the midst of a full-blown reproductive health care crisis.”

Abortion, Every Day has learned that the Trump administration is freezing close to $35 million in Title X funding that was set to be distributed Tuesday. This unprecedented move won’t just hit Planned Parenthood affiliates—it will impact multiple nonprofit organizations, including at least one that may have been targeted in retaliation for a lawsuit against the first Trump administration. Another group had millions in funding paused over a statement affirming their “commitment to addressing systemic racism.”

“The scale of this funding freeze is staggering. Starting April 1, California, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Tennessee, and Utah will receive zero Title X dollars. Most of Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Alaska will lose access as well. Other states impacted include Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

“Remember, Title X is the nation’s only federal family planning program. It provides affordable reproductive health care—birth control, STI testing, cancer screenings—primarily to low-income and uninsured patients.

“There’s no overstating the impact here: Title X is a safety net. Six in 10 women who visit a publicly funded clinic consider it their usual source of medical care; for four in 10, it’s their only source.

“This is an attack on poor people and an attempt to dismantle public health.”

 

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