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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Places With Religious Background, Abstinence-Based Methods Will Get Family-Planning Funding Priority
The Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Family-Planning Program To Prioritize Faith-Based Clinics
The Trump administration said it would prioritize grant applications to the Title X family-planning program that come from organizations with a religious background and counsel abstinence or “natural” methods, a move abortion providers said will make it harder for them to get federal funding. Health officials outlined the new rules Friday in announcing a fresh round of funding for Title X, which pays for services like contraception and infertility treatment. (Hackman, 2/23)
The Hill: Planned Parenthood Won't Be Barred From Applying For Family Planning Funds
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers will not be barred from applying for funding under a federal family planning grant program, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Friday. The HHS Office of Population Affairs released a long-awaited funding announcement Friday for $260 million in funding for Title X grants. (Hellmann, 2/23)
In other news —
Politico: Anti-Abortion Democrat Snubbed By Party For Reelection
Dan Lipinski is the kind of candidate Democrats need more of for the party to win the House in November. But the national Democratic Party is refusing to endorse him. The seven-term congressman from Chicago, who opposes abortion and voted against Obamacare, marriage equality and immigration reform, is one of the most conservative members of the House Democratic Caucus. (Caygle, 2/25)
