HHS Axes Tens Of Millions From Planned Parenthood

Politico reports:

Nine Planned Parenthood state affiliates that receive federal money from the 55-year-old Title X family planning program got notices Monday, which they shared with POLITICO, informing them that their funding is being “temporarily withheld.” The notice pointed to “possible violations” of federal civil rights law and President Donald Trump’s executive orders — including prohibitions on promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion and “taxpayer subsidization of open borders.”

The letter to Planned Parenthood chapters, many of them in GOP-controlled states, cites the clinics’ mission statements that stress a “commitment to black communities” as evidence of their noncompliance. HHS argued the materials “paint a picture of Planned Parenthood that suggests it is engaged, across its affiliates, in widespread practices across hiring, operations, and patient treatment that unavoidably employ race in a negative manner.”

The letter also chided the group for serving undocumented immigrants, writing that Planned Parenthood’s funding is being withheld because the organization “overtly encourages illegal aliens to receive care.”

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