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 […]

BACKGROUND  House Bills 4320 and HB 4321 are on the agenda of the House Judiciary Committee that is scheduled to meet on May 7th. These bills are likely be adopted in this committee and sent to the full House for a vote.  These bills ban a safe, standard abortion procedure. They include criminal penalties for doctors of two years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000. Senate Bills 165 and 166 ban and criminalize abortion at or after 20 weeks with the only exception being to save the life of the mother. The bills would impose sanctions of up to 15 years in prison and a $7,500 fine for doctors performing the procedure. Click HERE for List of State Representatives (includes phone numbers & emails)  […]