John—
This is outrageous.
In one of its latest attacks on reproductive health, the Trump administration has diverted Title X funding to fake women's health centers that use lies and deception to mislead women.1
Title X was created to help low-income patients afford contraception like the pill, IUDs, or the implant. Almost four million people in this country rely on Title X to access contraception and other healthcare, like STI tests and pap smears.2
Now, thanks to the domestic gag rule, the Trump administration is funneling money to politically-motivated, anti-choice organizations like Obria, a California-based chain of clinics that discourage women from using hormonal birth control (like the pill) and promote procedures like “abortion pill reversal” that are not backed by medical science.3
We’re fighting back.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is joining a coalition of progressive organizations to fight for reproductive freedom by demanding Congress stop the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding Title X funds to Obria and other anti-birth-control, anti-abortion fake clinics.
Add your name to demand Congress stop Trump’s gag rule from funneling Title X funds to anti-choice, anti-birth-control fake women’s health centers.
Because of the domestic gag rule, more than 1 in 5 Title X providers — including Planned Parenthood and four state governments — have been forced to opt out of the program because they rightfully refuse to hide information from their patients or stop referring patients for abortion.4
It’s all part of the Trump administration’s scheme to make abortion access impossible, using women’s lives and health to score political points with the extreme anti-choice donors who bankroll his presidency.5
Anti-choice extremists are only interested in controlling our bodies and decisions. That’s why it’s not at all surprising that their attacks on abortion have led directly to attacks on contraception.
When we’re in control of our reproductive health, we’re empowered to make decisions about our education, our careers, and our lives. No one else can make these decisions for us — and no one should mislead and lie to us about the full range of reproductive health options in order to fulfill a political agenda.
That’s why it’s urgent to tell Congress to stop HHS from funding anti-choice, politically-motivated fake women’s health centers that lie to women.
Thanks for all you do for reproductive freedom,
Stephanie Yost
Senior Legislative Counsel, NARAL Pro-Choice America
Sources:
- Trump administration awards $1.7 million family planning grant to anti-abortion clinics, The Hill, Mar. 29, 2019.
- Title X Family Planning Annual Report Summary, Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, accessed Sep. 4, 2019.
- Obria, the anti-abortion group that’s tapping into “wellness” culture, explained, Vox, Aug. 29, 2019.
- 6 States Are Now Rejecting Federal Money Because of Trump's Abortion 'Gag Rule', Vice, Aug. 30, 2019.
- Summary: Ideology/Single-Issue Interest Groups: Anti-Abortion, Open Secrets, accessed Sep. 4, 2019.
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