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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a “defunding” provision congressional Republicans passed in their recent massive tax and spending law, which the lawsuit says directly targets Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood could be forced to close hundreds of its clinics if the Republicans’ reconciliation bill is signed into law
H.R. 1 prohibits Medicaid payments for one year to nonprofit organizations that provide abortions and also received at least $800,000 in federal funding in 2023.
Southwest Ohio is going to lose two reproductive health clinics due to the federal budget changes to Medicaid, a loss that could mean more abortions will happen, according to the leader of the clinics.
Planned Parenthood operates about 40% of the more than 4,000 clinics that receive money under Title X. In some rural communities, Planned Parenthood is the only provider of such services.
I’ll make this brief. I wrote to both Massachusetts Senators about my objections to funding Planned Parenthood. Senator Warren has yet to reply but when Senator Markey did reply it
Forty percent of the 4 million patients who are cared for through Title X funds do so through Planned Parenthood across the country. A total of 1.5 million people, many of whom can only go to Planned Parenthood, receive on-site IUD application or other forms of birth control. Many are people of color.