Millions in federal family planning grants could be frozen as the Trump administration investigates whether they are used for diversity, equality, and inclusion efforts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Planned Parenthood is among the groups that receive the grants, which total about $120 million this year and are distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services under a program called Title X, the Journal said.
The funding is meant to go toward pregnancy testing, contraception, treatment of sexual transmitted infections, and infertility counseling, according to the Journal.
A spokesperson for HHS told the Journal they were ensuring grand recipients comply with Trump’s executive orders. Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, criticized the move. Planned Parenthood clinics were set to receive roughly $20 million in family planning grants this year, the Journal said.
“The Trump-Vance-Musk administration wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers by any means necessary, and they’ll end people’s access to birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and more, to do it,” Johnson said.
In 2019, the Trump cut federal funding for clinics that provided abortions, though the order was rescinded by the Biden administration.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement that the move would put women’s lives at risk.
“We are talking about the Trump administration cutting off very basic and lifesaving healthcare,” Murray said. “I hope every one of my colleagues who support basic, cost-saving family planning services will speak out against this illegal hijacking of lifesaving funding women across America are counting on for healthcare.”
More than 4 million people at 4,000 clinics benefit from the grants, according to the Journal.
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