Pam Belluck

Belluck, Pam, Trump Administration blocks funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals

Highlights the content and possible consequences of Trump’s decision to bar organisations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning funds.

See also on the same issue:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/trumps-title-x-rule-change-planned-parenthood/584005/

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/22/18236227/abortion-planned-parenthood-gag-rule-title-x

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/26/trump-administration-title-x-abortion-funding

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/22/planned-parenthood-funding-trump-1164038

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/18/17367964/trump-abortion-planned-parenthood-defund

https://theintercept.com/2018/05/24/domestic-gag-rule-title-x-abortion-birth-control/

For a further explanation on the ‘global gag rule’ that aims to ban family planning clinics that get aid money from the United States and refer patients for abortions see

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/what-is-the-domestic-gag-rule

https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-attacks-on-the-federal-family-planning-program/

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/18/17367964/trump-abortion-planned-parenthood-defund