Title X Family Planning Fund Once Again Facing the Chopping Block

House Republicans are trying again to eliminate all funding for Title X, the federal program that provides  family planning and reproductive health services to millions of low-income Americans. The proposed elimination of Title X is part of a larger package of budget cuts proposed by Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT).  The cuts aim to eliminate “79 wasteful programs.” The budget would also defund Planned Parenthood, prevent the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (which was signed into law by President Obama in March 2010), and cut funding for teen pregnancy prevention in favor of “abstinence only” education. Earlier this year House Republicans cut Title X funding by 5.5 percent, but were unsuccessful in defunding Planned Parenthood.

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