Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 08/21/2019

Planned Parenthood Exits Title X, Calls On Congress To Block Rule

By Amy Lotven / August 19, 2019 at 6:36 PM
Planned Parenthood is withdrawing from the Title X family planning program due to the administration’s so-called “gag” rule that blocks providers from discussing, or referring patients for, abortion services, and is urging the Senate to follow the House’s lead and tuck a provision into its spending bill to block implementation of the rule. In a call with reporters, Planned Parent acting President Alexis McGill Johnson says the administration forced the facility to withdraw from the program because providers cannot comply...


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