Watch: Trump-Pence Policy Shift Makes Birth Control Harder To Get

KHN correspondent Sarah Varney talks with PBS NewsHour‘s Yamiche Alcindor on Monday about how the Trump administration’s policy shift on Title X family planning funds is likely to make birth control harder to get and more expensive for low-income women. It will also shift funds from organizations like Planned Parenthood to the Obria Group, which provides women’s health care that does not include hormonal contraceptives or condoms. On Tuesday, Varney discusses the decisions by Planned Parenthood and several states to forgo Title X funds with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi.

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<h1>Watch: Trump-Pence Policy Shift Makes Birth Control Harder To Get</h1>
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			August 20, 2019		</time>
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<p></p><p>KHN correspondent Sarah Varney talks with <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/the-trump-agenda-1566253173/">PBS NewsHour</a>‘s Yamiche Alcindor on Monday about how the Trump administration’s policy shift on Title X family planning funds is likely to make birth control harder to get and more expensive for low-income women. It will also shift funds from organizations like Planned Parenthood to the Obria Group, which provides women’s health care that does not include hormonal contraceptives or condoms. On Tuesday, Varney discusses  the decisions by Planned Parenthood and several states to forgo Title X funds with <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/impact-of-planned-parenthood-s-withdrawal-from-title-x-funding-66600005980">MSNBC’s Ali Velshi</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20Trump-Pence%20Policy%20Shift%20Makes%20Birth%20Control%20Harder%20To%20Get&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FOTg3OTk2&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-trump-pence-policy-shift-makes-birth-control-harder-to-get/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=987996&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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