Under new rule, family planning programs that receive funding are banned from operating in facilities that also provide abortions
The Trump administration has issued a rule that bars federally funded family planning programs from referring women for abortions. The move could strip millions of federal dollars from Planned Parenthood and divert it toward faith-based care providers.
The rule, released on Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will be challenged in court. On Friday, Oregon attorney general Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat, announced that she would file suit.
“Medical providers, no matter what kind of service they perform, must be able to have candid conversations with patients about all options for care, and without fear that if they say the word ‘abortion’ their clinic could lose federal funds,” Rosenblum said in a statement.
from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2U39lIi
