Trump administration pauses some family planning grants as it investigates compliance with laws
Source: US News and World Report/AP
April 1, 2025, at 5:41 p.m.
The federal government has paused $27.5 million for organizations that provide family planning, contraception, cancer screenings and sexually transmitted infection services as it investigates whether they're complying with the law. The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association says 16 organizations received notice Monday that funding is on hold.
At least 11 Planned Parenthood Federation of America regional affiliates and all recipients of federal family planning, or Title X, grants in seven states, had funding withheld. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declined to say which laws or executive orders the groups are being investigated for violating, though NFPFHA said some of the letters cited civil rights laws.
Trump has issued executive orders targeting programs that consider race in any way, some of which have been put on hold by judges. Health and Human Services, which is in the midst of deep layoffs, also said that “no final decisions on any spending changes for Planned Parenthood have been made.”
Republicans have long railed against the millions of dollars that flow every year to Planned Parenthood and its clinics, which offer abortions but also birth control, cancer and disease screenings, among other things. Federal law prohibits taxpayer dollars from paying for most abortions. Providers said the impact on health care will especially hit lower-income people.
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