by Katherine Hamilton at Breitbart
Pro-abortion organizations complained that the $286,479,000 in funding for the fiscal year of 2023 is “a blow to reproductive health groups that had argued the fall of Roe v. Wade warranted a substantial increase,” Politico reported, noting that the amount of Title X funding has been the same for nine years in a row. The omnibus spending bill does clarify that the funding “shall not be expended for abortions” and mandates that “all pregnancy counseling shall be non-directive.”
$286 million in Title X funding, which funds Planned Parenthood. pic.twitter.com/iL0kLC5roA
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) December 20, 2022
“At a time of great crisis for reproductive health in this country, Congress has again utterly failed to safeguard access to the birth control and sexual health services made possible by the nation’s family planning program,” said Clare Coleman, the president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “Without those critical resources, agencies will be forced to shorten hours, lay off staff, and even close their doors, leaving patients without access.”
“Congress had a clear directive and they failed to deliver,” Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson told the outlet. “At a time when Roe v. Wade has been overturned and health care access is under increasing threat, this bill fails to meet the moment.”
However, the Charlotte Lozier Institute analyzed 2020-2021 Planned Parenthood data and found that its total services are down 21.4 percent since 2010.
“With changing practice guidelines,…
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