WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 1 million people seeking contraception or testing for sexually transmitted diseases and cancer could be affected by the Trump administration’s decision to withhold more than $27 million in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide, according to estimates from the Guttmacher Institute.
Planned Parenthood state affiliates said they were notified last week that the funding they receive under the Title X family-planning program would be temporarily frozen.
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