This proposal will likely pass the House of Representatives, despite the fact that these funds go to public health programs with wide bipartisan support and do not
involve abortion services.
Not exact matches
This orchestrated effort led, predictably, to state and federal calls to end funding for all Planned Parenthood
services — more than 95 % of which
involve such things as contraception and screening for sexually transmitted diseases, rather than
abortion.
That worry about healthcare access was likely heightened by Trump's expansion of the «global gag rule,» which removes U.S. family planning funds from foreign groups that are
involved in
abortion services, even in referring patients to get them.
In fact, the vast majority of the 90 - year - old nonprofit's
services are dedicated to preventative health care, and less than 5 % of its Texas operations — not supported by government funds —
involve legally protected
abortion services.
Subsequent to alerting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Planned Parenthood learned the identify of one of those
involved and believes these visits are likely a hoax by opponents of legal
abortion seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood, which delivers preventive health care and
abortion services to three million women each year.