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By Sarah Kliff at Vox
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/18/17367964/trump-abortion-planned-parenthood-defund
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Womens health clinics that provide abortions or refer patients for the procedure will be cut off from a key source of federal funding under new Trump administration rules expected to be released Friday.
Both the New York Times and Modern Healthcare report that the White House plans to issue new guidelines for Title X, the only federal program dedicated to paying for birth control. The new rule is expected to require a physical as well as financial separation between entities that receive Title X funds and those that provide abortions.
The new rule is the latest battle in Republicans years-long war to end Planned Parenthoods public funding. The womens health provider currently uses Title X funding to provide contraceptives to millions of low-income women. Planned Parenthood estimates that it sees approximately 41 percent of women who receive family planning services through Title X.
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But its also true Planned Parenthood is a key part of the American health care safety net and one of the largest providers of contraceptives in the country. More than one-third of low-income women who get birth control through Title X currently do so at one of Planned Parenthoods 817 clinics.
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