Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliate rejects Medicaid amid fears over Trump cuts
Group fears administration could try to claw back Medicaid payments if judge’s ruling on reimbursements is overturned Read more at The Guardian
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Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women
It’s not only Title X funds that are jeopardizing access to contraception, says Kimi Chernoby, an attorney with the National Women’s Law Center. She points to cuts to Medicaid included in the Republican spending bill that was recently signed into law, which jeopardize access to healthcare — including contraception — for millions of women in … Read more
At least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics shutter amid political turbulence
The reproductive health giant is navigating a loss of federal funding and fresh threats from multiple directions Read more at The Guardian
Republicans are raiding childcare funding — to push women out of the workforce – opinion
The New York Times reported this week that the White House is now not only looking for ways to make more women have children, but to encourage “parents” to stay home to raise them. “Parents” here is a euphemism. Roughly 80% of stay-at-home parents are mothers: cultural traditions that encourage women, and not men, to … Read more
Clinics begin closing as Trump admin continues freeze on family planning funds
Dozens of medical providers from California to Maine, including nine Planned Parenthood affiliates, have struggled to stay afloat since more than $65 million dollars for the Title X family planning program was withheld on April 1 — a funding freeze the Trump administration said was aimed at enforcing executive orders on diversity and immigration. Federal … Read more
What happens to health research when ‘women’ is a banned word?
Trump’s federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer’s care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender. Read more at 19th News