Trump HHS Renews Planned Parenthood Grants for 'Final Year' Due to Legalities, But 'Funds CANNOT Be Used for Abortions'
"The administration has issued the fifth and final year of Title X grants that were locked in place during the Biden presidency. The administration faced significant legal challenges in stopping any of these dollars from going out. [However], Title X funds cannot be used for abortions by law and, consistent with President Trump's Executive Order on Enforcing the Hyde Amendment, the Administration remains committed to realigning the Title X program with the President's pro-life and pro-family agenda going forward." -White House spokesman Kush Desai
[LifeSiteNews.com] The Trump Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has renewed Title X grants to Planned Parenthood for one "final" year, drawing outrage from pro-life leaders who question the administration's claims that the law gave them no other choice. (Screengrab image: via CBS News)
Last year, the federal government froze $120 million in federal Title X "family-planning" grants to organizations suspected of not complying with the administration's executive orders against involvement with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The move did not specifically target Planned Parenthood or abortion but covered approximately $20 million received by Planned Parenthood locations across a dozen states.
In January, the far-left American Civil Liberties Union withdrew a lawsuit against the move after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed in court that a review had found the affected organizations were not in violation of the DEI rule, and the funding had therefore been restored. The retreat did not affect the majority of the Trump administration's abortion defunding actions, which are still in effect and being defended from legal challenge, but caused deep alarm among the pro-life movement.
"HHS plans to update the Biden-era regulations governing the Title X program to ensure program integrity and reflect Trump administration priorities," an insider was quoted as saying at the time, though details were not revealed.
On Tuesday, however, the Daily Wire reported that it caught wind the funding would be removed, and subsequently received confirmation from White House spokesman Kush Desai.
"The administration has issued the fifth and final year of Title X grants that were locked in place during the Biden presidency," he said. "The administration faced significant legal challenges in stopping any of these dollars from going out."
Desai added that "Title X funds cannot be used for abortions by law and, consistent with President Trump's Executive Order on Enforcing the Hyde Amendment, the Administration remains committed to realigning the Title X program with the President's pro-life and pro-family agenda going forward," with the next renewal of Title X's five-year funding cycle presenting an opportunity to assert different priorities and restrictions than the Biden administration's... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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