Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women

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...The Trump administration is walking back access to birth control for some people — including withholding funding from a Nixon-era program that guarantees access to contraception for low income people.

It's only been a few generations since birth control was widely accessible in the U.S. Married women were not legally allowed to use contraception in some states, until the 1965 Supreme Court decision Griswald v. Connecticut. Shortly after that, in 1970 – facing poor health outcomes for mothers and babies – Congress created Title X.

Enacted under the Nixon administration, the program guaranteed free contraception for people who needed it. In a special message to Congress in July 1969, Nixon wrote: "It is my view that no American woman should be denied access to family planning assistance, because of her economic condition."

The program has existed ever since. The 2025 budget provided $285.6 million in Title X funds. Now, a group of 15 public health organizations is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government jeopardized access to services including birth control for more than 800,000 people due to illegal withholding of Title X dollars.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/nx-s1-5494710/trump-birth-control-contraception

It's probably part of Project 2025's insistence that women make more babies.