According to Guttmacher Institute estimates that over 1 million people seeking care, including birth control and sexually transmitted disease and cancer testing, could be affected by withholding Title X funds to planned custody clinics nationwide.

Planned Parenthood State Affiliates said it was notified that funds received under the title of the X Family Planning Program will be temporarily frozen. Politics First reported on Monday night.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for managing and distributing the Title X Fund, told States Newsroom that it has reviewed all Title X grant recipients to confirm federal law and President Donald Trump’s executive order. According to a HHS spokesperson, “HHS expects to comply with federal laws to comply with federal funds,” the division is concerned about “multiple recipient compliance,” which will receive $27.5 million together.

Letters received by some affiliates detailed detailed information on violations of Trump’s recently issued federal civil rights law and executive orders, including the administration’s efforts to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and provide care regardless of the status of a person’s immigration.

“It is difficult to exaggerate how ridiculous it is that the administration presupposes this funding freeze in its DEI review,” Amy Friedrich-Karnik, director of federal policy at Guttmacher, said in a statement. “The overall point of the TitleX program is to address disparities in access to birth control and other sexual and reproductive health care, including serving low-income people and other historically unserved communities. This requires us to see what it is.

The TitleX Program was founded in 1970 and provided reproductive health care to those in need. Federal law prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion. Planned Parenthood Clinics offers a wide range of abortion services.

No final decision has been made regarding Planned Parenthood’s Title X funding.

Affiliates in Alaska, California, Idaho, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah report that they have received notifications, with thousands of people being provided each year and millions of people being funded. According to Guttmacher data, 83% of those visiting TitleX Funded Clinics in 2023 had family incomes at under 250% of federal poverty levels.

In Missouri and Oklahoma alone, Title X funding totals around $8.5 million, according to a news release from the Missouri Family Health Council.

“Withholding these important funds even temporarily threatens the inherent dependence of the sexual and reproductive healthcare community,” said Michel Tolpiano, executive director of the council.

Maine Family Planning spokesman Kat Mavengele said the agency also I’ve received the notification The freeze affects $1.92 million in funds. Planned custody in Northern New England is a subgranty for Family Planning in Maine. Mavengere told States Newsroom that the notification from HHS identified two items for the HHS as reasons for funding: “relating to a document detailing its commitment to health equity.”

Nicole Clegg, CEO of Planned Tour Hood Affiliate in northern New England, said he has received approximately $900,000 in funding between Maine and New Hampshire from family planning organizations.

If people can’t seek basic reproductive health services, including wellness testing, Clegg said they don’t.

“We’ve seen that. When planned parent-child relationships leave the community, the data only leads to an increase in STI communication, an increase in unintended pregnancy. When we’re not there anymore, there are very realistic consequences for the community,” Clegg said.

a Recent polls Perry Andem’s implementation showed that 77% of respondents were opposed to the Trump administration’s idea of ​​cutting funding for services like birth control for low-income people.

During his first term in office, Trump also cut Title X funding to clinics that offered abortions or referred people in 2019, with a third of participating providers leaving the program. According to KFF. The Biden administration overturned the policy two years later.

The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the debate on Wednesday If you decide Whether South Carolina government officials can remove planned friendly clinics from the state’s Medicaid program as organizations offer abortions. If courts control South Carolina’s support, other states that have been trying to emit the organization’s funds for decades could follow suit.

The anti-abortion organization celebrated the news of Title X Freeze for several planned parent-child clinics on Tuesday. This has been driving efforts to “refund” planned custody in recent weeks in funding emails. The SBA was also involved in drafting the Heritage Foundation blueprint for Project 2025, the next conservative presidency, and identified this action as a priority.

“This is a big step in the right direction,” President Marjorie Dunnenfelser told States Newsroom in a statement. “We appreciate President Trump for this bold move and urge further steps to eliminate all taxpayer funds from the Planned Parents.”

Last updated at 4:50pm, April 1, 2025