health care

Urge Michigan Senators to RESTORE Funding for Women’s Health Centers

By MUUSJN on Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

TRUMP-PENCE GAG RULE BANS TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING FUNDS FOR HEALTH CENTERS THAT MAKE ABORTION REFERRALS CALL MICHIGAN SENATORS DEBBIE STABENOW: 202-224-4822 GARY PETERS: 202-224-6221 CALL TO ACTION This Monday August 19th, the Trump Administration, through its Department of Health and Human Services, issued an ultimatum: family planning providers must state in writing that they would stop making referrals to doctors who perform abortions or the federal government would stop allocating Title X family planning funds to those organizations. Title X is the premier reproductive health care program started by President H.W. Bush in 1970, It provides low or no cost services to 4 million people. Title X provides funding for health services, birth control, and pregnancy tests, as well as screenings for sexually transmitted […]