NFPRHA in the News

January 29, 2024, CTC-SRH Podcast

Understanding Ohio v. Becerra

The CTC-SRH talks with Robin Summers, JD senior counsel and vice president at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, about the recent federal ruling in Ohio v. Becerra.  Robin interprets the current ruling for listeners and provides insight about what Title X providers and staff can anticipate next in the case. Read more.

January 26, 2024, The Guardian

Biden hopes abortion will keep him in the White House. But has he done enough to protect rights?

If Trump wins in 2024, he will likely reinstate this rule, said Robin Summers, vice-president and senior counsel for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. And that’s just the beginning of Summers thinks he might do. “I think it only gets worse,” Summers said. Read more.

December 22, 2023, MedCity News

2023’s Wins and Losses in the Reproductive Health Space, Per 2 Advocates

For Kim Diaz Scott, vice president of policy and communications at NFPRHA, a major win is the reintroduction of the Right to Contraception Act. This bill would protect the “right to obtain and voluntarily use birth control in federal law and affirm the right for family planning providers to support their patients with the contraceptive care and education they need without political or legal interference.” Read more.

December 4, 2023, The Hill

Appeals court partially stops Biden rollback of family planning program restrictions

But Clare Coleman, President and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), called the ruling a “win for the Title X” program. “This ruling is surprisingly good news, albeit with some unclear implications for Ohio and the network down the road,” Coleman said in a statement. “The bottom line is that today’s decision keeps the Biden administration’s rule fully in effect and has no immediate impact on the full network – that should bring welcome relief for patients and providers alike.” Read more.

November 30, 2023, Bloomberg Law

Sixth Circuit Partially Allows Family Planning Rule Rollback

“This ruling is surprisingly good news, albeit with some unclear implications for Ohio and the network down the road,” said Clare Coleman, President & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Coleman called the decision a “win” for the Title X family planning program, saying it brings “welcome relief for patients and providers alike.” Read more.

November 3, 2023, Bloomberg Law

Birth Control Access, Parental Rights Collide in Fifth Circuit

It’s part of a “clear effort to curtail people’s right to control their own bodies,” said Robin Summers, vice-president and senior counsel at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Griswold “is at significant risk,” she said. Read more.

September 19, 2023, Mountain State Spotlight

Health care workers worry state change to family planning program could limit access, endanger funding

Most other states require health clinics to submit a grant application to get family planning funds. Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said DHHR adjusting their funding model made sense. To her, the agency switching to a grants model by itself doesn’t mean funds will become less accessible to rural West Virginians. Read more.

July 13, 2023, POLITICO

A House GOP-drafted spending bill would eliminate family planning funds for low-income individuals, drawing ire from Democrats and outside groups.

The group’s president Clare Coleman warned the cuts, if enacted, “will eviscerate access to lifesaving preventive health care, including cancer screening, STI testing and treatment, and contraception for the people who have no or low incomes and communities that have been historically and systemically marginalized.” Read more.

June 24, 2023, States Newsroom

On eve of Dobbs anniversary, Biden at campaign rally warns national abortion ban is next

Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said in a written statement that the organization is “dismayed that this order does not require tangible steps to protect access and does not include any firm deadlines.” Read more.

June 17, 2023, The New York Times

A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control

“For years, we asked elected officials around the country to pay more attention to the conflation of abortion and contraception,” said Clare Coleman, the president and chief executive of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents health providers. “We shouldn’t have to answer the ‘Why are we worried?’ question anymore.” Read more.

May 22, 2023, Center for American Progress

6 Principles To Support Comprehensive Contraceptive Care

Event panelist Kim Diaz Scott, who serves as the vice president of policy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, discussed the importance of making contraception available to everyone without the threat of coercion. Read more.

May 10, 2023, Associated Press

FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill

"Opill over the counter would give us one more option for access and the more options that are available the better," said Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

April 5, 2023, Arnold Ventures

‘I Don’t Think You Can Put a Number on How Valuable It Is to the Community’

“There are a lot of people who don’t know what they have access to, or just don’t understand sexual health at all,” she said. ​“So having the clinic here is really important.” Read more.

February 22, 2023, Roll Call

Two countries, two different approaches to population programs

“The program has never in its history ever met the demonstrated need for reproductive health,” said Audrey Sandusky, senior director of policy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “It's always historically been shortchanged, and we're seeing that more and more over the past several years.” Read more.

February 16, 2023, Arnold Ventures

A Federally Funded Clinic Fights to Serve Its Community

“Health centers that receive Title X funding are critical in closing the gap in access to care and promoting health equity in a way that meets patients where they are,” said Audrey Sandusky, senior director of policy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), a member organization that represents publicly funded family planning providers. ​“They’re a lifeline for people who are seeking a broad range of contraceptive methods.”" Read more.

February 2, 2023, MedCity News

‘A Proactive and Necessary Step:’ NFPRHA Applauds Proposed Rule on Birth Control Coverage

“At a time when the reproductive health crisis continues to grow in the U.S., it has become even more important for people who want contraception to be able to access it from family planning providers they trust,” said Mindy McGrath, senior director of policy and communications at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). “The draft rule released by HHS is a proactive and necessary step toward making access to contraception a reality for more people across the country.” Read more.

December 22, 2022, Bloomberg Law

Parental-Notice Birth Control Case Seen as Step to End Right

“It’s part of “a coordinated campaign,” related to a “long-standing effort to control” reproductive health-care decision-making, said Robin Summers, vice-president and senior counsel at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association." Read more.

December 21, 2022, Texas Tribune

Federal court ruling may prevent Texas teens from getting birth control without parental permission

“In a family planning setting, it is critical that adolescents have access to high-quality, confidential care from a provider who supports and respects their values,” Coleman said. “Title X-funded providers are considered highly trusted sources of health care information for their patients, and not being able to access confidential care will block a critical pathway to essential health services for young people.” Read more.

December 21, 2022, The Hill

Federal judge rules against HHS program allowing teens confidential birth control

“Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, drew a straight line from the case that overturned Roe v. Wade to attacks on the Title X program." Read more.

December 20, 2022, POLITICO

First post-Roe spending bill includes no funding boost for family planning, angering groups

“At a time of great crisis for reproductive health in this country, Congress has again utterly failed to safeguard access to the birth control and sexual health services made possible by the nation’s family planning program,” said Clare Coleman, the president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “Without those critical resources, agencies will be forced to shorten hours, lay off staff, and even close their doors, leaving patients without access.” Read more.

October 27, 2022, NBC News

Rep. Carolyn Maloney aims to expand access to abortion resources with new bill

A large coalition of reproductive health groups — including the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and more — will endorse Maloney’s bill. Read more.

August 30, 2022, The Hill

To preserve US contraceptive rights, lawmakers must step up now

Even before the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, millions of people already experienced barriers and lack of access to abortion care, but in the weeks since the ruling, lawmakers in more and more states are rushing to enact policies and laws designed to dramatically exacerbate the problem. Read more.

August 30, 2022, The Hill

To preserve US contraceptive rights, lawmakers must step up now

Even before the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, millions of people already experienced barriers and lack of access to abortion care, but in the weeks since the ruling, lawmakers in more and more states are rushing to enact policies and laws designed to dramatically exacerbate the problem. Read more.

August 30, 2022, The Hill

To preserve US contraceptive rights, lawmakers must step up now

Even before the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, millions of people already experienced barriers and lack of access to abortion care, but in the weeks since the ruling, lawmakers in more and more states are rushing to enact policies and laws designed to dramatically exacerbate the problem. Read more.

October 26, 2022, Bloomberg Law

Biden’s Abortion Gag Rule Reversal Faces Early Legal Test

There’s lots of competition for that money, and the Biden rule reopened the playing field for providers that were shut out by the Trump rule’s requirements, Robin Summers told Bloomberg Law. Summers is vice-president and senior counsel at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

August 30, 2022, The Hill

To preserve US contraceptive rights, lawmakers must step up now

Even before the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, millions of people already experienced barriers and lack of access to abortion care, but in the weeks since the ruling, lawmakers in more and more states are rushing to enact policies and laws designed to dramatically exacerbate the problem. Read more.

August 22, 2022, 19th News

Family planning clinics, a safe space for transgender patients, face a new battle after Roe v. Wade

One month after the change took effect, Maine Family Planning announced it was pulling out of Title X. Read more.

August 16, 2022, NPR

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

"I think the Supreme Court has sent a signal to those who oppose both abortion and contraception to have at it, to come and attack these programs," Coleman said. Read more.

August 4, 2022, CBS News and Kaiser Health News

In California, abortion could become a constitutional right. So could birth control.

In California, Proposition 1 would prevent the state from denying or interfering with "an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives." Read more.

June 24, 2022, Public Health Newswire

Chorus of public health voices sound out against SCOTUS abortion decision

Public health advocates, leaders and organizations were swift to condemn the June 24 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, reproaching justices for putting politics over public health and warning of the serious health harms to come. Read more.

June 24, 2022, Buzzfeed News

Abortion providers to Biden: Come see the front lines of the fight

President Joe Biden warned the Supreme Court decision on abortion had set the US on an “extreme and dangerous path” that could overturn marriage equality, among other rights. Read more.

June 24, 2022, Washington Post

Biden, other critics fear Thomas’s ‘extreme’ position on contraception

Following Friday’s culture-shaking opinion in Dobbs, health advocates, legal experts and Democrats are wondering whether the Supreme Court’s conservative majority could eye the right to contraception in the future. Read more.

May 10, 2022, POLITICO

Abortion providers to Biden: Come see the front lines of the fight

With the Supreme Court expected to deliver a fatal blow to abortion rights this June, activists on the front lines are making a new plea to President Joe Biden: Get out of the White House and spotlight the fight that’s begun. Read more.

April 19, 2022, POLITICO

Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers

The Biden administration is preparing to scrap a Trump-era rule that allows medical workers to refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, three people familiar with the deliberations told POLITICO. Read more.

March 31, 2022, The Washington Post

Biden wants more funds for family planning. Clinics say they need it.

HHS has announced the latest round of funding for Title X clinics, and advocates say immigrant women stand to be among those most affected. Read more.

December 10, 2021, USA Today

With abortion in spotlight, can Biden reverse 'devastating' drop in family planning program?

After the Trump administration prohibited federally funded clinics from providing abortion information to patients, Planned Parenthood of Utah turned to private donors and used patient-paid fees to continue offering family planning services. Read more.

November 19, 2021, Newscast

Title X Grants Explained

Clare Coleman, President and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, explains how to apply for a new round of Title X grants now available from HHS. Read more.

November 8, 2021, PolitiFact

The US has reached a critical moment for birth control access

"Patients have been lost to Title X care at historic rates, and providers are struggling to keep their doors open with limited funds," said Audrey Sandusky, senior director for policy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, a non-partisan group that represents family planning clinics across the U.S. "That's cut off access to reproductive health services, from contraception to cervical cancer screenings."  Read more.

October 15, 2021, The Hill

The US has reached a critical moment for birth control access

At a time when dangerous and unconstitutional abortion restrictions are being enacted at an alarming and devastating clip across the country, the Biden administration’s recent action to restore the integrity of the Title X program represents a pivotal step toward ensuring access to essential health care for millions of people. Read more.

October 8, 2021, USA Today

With abortion in spotlight, can Biden reverse 'devastating' drop in family planning program?

After the Trump administration prohibited federally funded clinics from providing abortion information to patients, Planned Parenthood of Utah turned to private donors and used patient-paid fees to continue offering family planning services. Read more.

October 5, 2021, Medpage Today

HHS Issues Final Rule Reversing Trump-Era Changes to Title X Program

"Today's action is a pivotal step toward restoring access to essential family planning and sexual health care that millions of people rely on from Title X," Clare Coleman, president & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement issued Monday. "Safety-net family planning providers should be heartened to know they have the full support of the federal government in delivering health care governed with integrity and with the highest regard for patients' health needs." Read more.

October 4, 2021, Associated Press

Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics

"I have heard that almost everywhere in the country people have made the decision that conditions will be good for them to return to the program," Clare Coleman, president of the umbrella group National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in an interview. "My sense is that people have been waiting for the rule." Read more.

June 1, 2021, Relias Media

Biden Administration Proposes New Title X Rule

The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) said it is relieved by the proposed rule for Title X. “Across the country, at least 1,300 health centers have withdrawn from the program since July 2019, leaving more than 1.5 million people without access to Title X-funded care,” said Clare Coleman, president and chief executive officer of NFPRHA. Read more.

May 24, 2021, Arizona Capitol Times

Family planning program deserves our support

Family planning providers across Arizona have struggled for nearly two years (and counting) under onerous restrictions the Trump administration placed on the Title X program, which is the only dedicated source of federal funding for family planning. Our patients, the majority of whom live with low incomes, have borne the brunt of the pain. Read more.

April 14, 2021, NPR

Biden Administration Moves To Undo Trump Abortion Rules For Title X

As a result, more than 1300 clinics nationwide, including most notably Planned Parenthood, pulled out of Title X, according to the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

April 14, 2021, CNN

Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era abortion referral rule

The effects of the rule have been stark. Around 1.5 million people lost access to Title X coverage after the rule was implemented, Audrey Sandusky, communications director for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, told CNN earlier this year. Read more.

March 23, 2021, Fortune

Financially reeling from Trump’s Title X rules, abortion clinics won’t see relief anytime soon

"There’s no on/off switch to fixing the damage done under the Trump administration’s regressive program restrictions,” said Audrey Sandusky, the senior director of policy and communications at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). “So we expect a long road to recovery. There is no prescribed or assumed time frame when we can expect the network to be fully stabilized.” Read more.

February 1, 2021, The Intercept

Biden Takes First Step Towards Restoring Reproductive Health Program Gutted by Trump

The rule has also undermined program confidentiality requirements by pressuring Title X grantees to compel their adolescent patients to share information about their sexual partners and include their parents in family planning care. (Notably, Trump’s Title X restrictions are also the subject of ongoing litigation. The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, joined by the American Medical Association and others, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit court split on whether the rules are valid.) Read more.

January 28, 2021, CNN

Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

"We expect some commitment toward repairing the program, rescinding the rule and getting longstanding providers back into the network so that services can be restored in parts of the country that have gone without Title X funding for so long," said Audrey Sandusky, communications director for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). Read more.

January 25, 2021, VICE News

Trump Was a Disaster for Abortion Access. Here’s What Biden Can Fix.

“While we celebrate today’s win for Maryland providers and their patients, our fight endures to restore the integrity of our nation’s family planning program for the millions of people across the US most in need of high-quality family planning care,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. Read more.

January 19, 2020, rePros Fight Back

The Biden Administration Can Fix Title X

The Trump administration’s 2019 administrative rule, sometimes referred to as the domestic gag rule, has completely gutted the Title X program. Robin Summers, Vice President of Healthcare Strategy and Analysis and Senior Council at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), talks to us about how the Title X program has been impacted by the Trump administration’s harmful rule, and how the incoming Biden-Harris administration can repair it. Read more.

January 8, 2020, Morning Consult

We Must Fix Title X and Make It Right for Millions

“We are coming to the end of the most disruptive and profound change in the federal family planning program since its creation. After an unyielding assault that arguably began Jan. 20, 2017, the damage to Title X, the nation’s family planning program, is in the numbers: six states without a single Title X provider; 40 grantees across 34 states that lost providers; nearly 1,000 health centers that have been forced to survive without critical funding; and 1.5 million people who have lost access to care by their trusted Title X providers. Read more.

November 13, 2020, The Hill

Biden set to roll back Trump rules on abortion

“It is essential a Biden administration act as expeditiously as possible, on day 1 or within 100 days, to get money flowing back to providers, particularly to jurisdictions that don’t have Title X services right now,” said Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health, a membership organization for Title X providers. Read more.

September 3, 2020, Associated Press

Court blocks Trump administration abortion rules in Maryland

“While we celebrate today’s win for Maryland providers and their patients, our fight endures to restore the integrity of our nation’s family planning program for the millions of people across the US most in need of high-quality family planning care,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. Read more.

September 3, 2020, Axios

Federal court blocks Trump administration's abortion "gag rule" in Maryland

"Today’s ruling will continue to prevent this terrible rule from further harming family planning providers and their patients across the state of Maryland. Unfortunately, the court did not take the opportunity to bring the desperately needed relief to the nationwide family planning provider network that is appropriate under and required by federal law," Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. Read more.

September 3, 2020, The Washington Post

Court blocks Trump administration’s abortion referral restrictions in Maryland

Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement that the decision will “continue to prevent this terrible rule from further harming family planning providers and their patients across the state of Maryland." Read more.

September 3, 2020, POLITICO

Federal court blocks Trump's abortion 'gag' rule

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents clinics who comply with the new rules and those that quit the program, estimates that nearly 1,000 health centers across 30 states have the left program since the restrictions took effect. Those centers served 1.5 million patients, the group estimated. Read more.

July 10, 2020, Inside Health Policy

Progressive Groups Press Dems To Fully Embrace Reproductive Rights

“NFPRHA’s new poll shows a bipartisan majority of US adults believe elected officials should support funding and policies related to sexual health care and that adults recognize free birth control is good for public health,” said Clare Coleman, president & CEO of NFPRHA. “These results show the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to unravel the nation’s 50-year old Title X family planning program are out of touch and misplaced. There’s no justification, ever, for partisan attacks on reproductive health care -- and it’s even more absurd during the greatest public health crisis in a century,” she added. Read more.

June 17, 2020, Rewire.News

In a Pandemic, Birth Control Is Out of Reach for Many Young People

A recent poll from the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) revealed that nearly half of women between 18 and 34 years old are concerned about accessing reproductive health care during the pandemic, in comparison to 13 percent of older women. About half of Black women share those concerns, compared to just 28 percent of white women. Read more.

May 13, 2020, POLITICO Pro

NEW POLL: MAJORITY SAY IT'S A BAD TIME TO HAVE KIDS

“A poll of American adults by Morning Consult for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association found that 65 percent said it's a bad time to get pregnant. Additionally, 52 percent of adults polled said birth control access is "more essential" during a pandemic, compared with just 5 percent who said it was "less essential." The affirmative position was most popular among women ages 35 to 44 (61 percent) and black women (68 percent). The poll also indicates that nearly 7 in 10 U.S. adults report concerns about going to a health provider’s office during the pandemic for non-coronavirus-related needs. Read more.

March 27, 2020, Vice News

How Republicans Snuck Anti-Abortion Measures Into the Coronavirus Bailout Bill

“Anti-choice activists in Congress and the White House used a pandemic response to target sexual and reproductive health care and its providers,” said Clare Coleman, President and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. “It is wholly disappointing that Congress failed to support the entirety of the nation’s public health infrastructure.” Read more.

March 10, 2020, Rewire.News

Texas Foreshadows How Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’ Will Destroy Teens’ Access to Contraception

“This unlawful Title X regulation is meant to do one thing: undermine the core mission of this bedrock public health program by blocking access to care to those who otherwise have no other source of health care, and that includes teens in need [of] confidential family planning and sexual health care from providers they know and trust,” Audrey Sandusky, senior director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, told Rewire.News in an email. Read more.

February 24, 2020, Bloomberg Law

Trump HHS Can Enforce Abortion Gag Rule, Ninth Circuit Says

“More than 30 states have lost part or all of their Title X provider network due to this rule, and there are nearly 1,000 fewer sites in which patients can receive Title X services,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. “Today’s decision will ultimately result in more losses to Title X care.”. Read more.

January 22, 2020, The Hill

Trump restores funding for Texas program that excludes Planned Parenthood

The waiver “discriminates against trusted, high-quality family planning providers relied upon by countless poor and low-income Texans,” said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. “With the approval of this illegal waiver, CMS has signaled that it is willing to turn a blind eye to the health care access problem pervading Texas and to the decades-long statutory protections for Medicaid beneficiaries,” she added. Read more.

November 7, 2019, Ms. Magazine

The Trump Administration’s Attempt to Allow Discrimination in Healthcare Was Just Struck Down

“The court safeguarded the public’s health by striking down the Trump administration’s health care refusal rule,” Clare Coleman, President and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), said in a statement yesterday. “This unlawful rule is an outright attack on the health and wellness of millions of people across the country, and the court heard clear and compelling arguments about the harm communities face when our health care system is distorted to the point in which a patient’s health care needs are not paramount.” Read more.

November 7, 2019, MDEdge

Court strikes down Trump’s conscience rule

“Clare Coleman, president & CEO for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, a plaintiff in the case, said the organization was heartened by the ruling and that the judge’s decision protects health care for millions of Americans.” Read more.

November 6, 2019, Washington Blade

Judge vacates Trump admin’s anti-LGBT ‘conscience rule’ for health workers

“The ruling from Engelmayer is a consolidated case initiated by three sets of plaintiffs: One of state plaintiffs consisting of 19 states, D.C. and three local governments; another is Planned Parenthood; and another is National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association & Public Health Solutions, Inc., which provide abortion services.” Read more.

November 6, 2019, Bloomberg Law

Trump Health-Worker Religious Rule Is Tossed by Federal Judge

“The court granted summary judgment to the rule’s challengers, including New York City, New York, and multiple other states, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA).” Read more.

November 6, 2019, POLITICO

New York judge tosses Trump administration's conscience rule

“We stand against this and every regulation that promotes discrimination, erects additional barriers to essential health care, and threatens the integrity of key HHS programs, including the Title X family planning program," NFPRHA CEO Clare Coleman said in a statement. "We are heartened by today’s ruling, and we will not stop fighting to prioritize patients’ need for standard medical care over health care personnels' personal religious or moral beliefs.” Read more.

November 6, 2019, Modern Healthcare

Trump's religious conscience rule for providers gets blocked nationally

The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association and Public Health Solutions, the plaintiffs in the suit, said the rule would force providers to employ individuals who refuse to perform essential job functions, without regard for the well-being of patients or public safety. Read more.

November 6, 2019, Associated Press

Judge strikes down new Trump rule on religious objections

“Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, one of the plaintiffs, said the group was “heartened by today’s ruling.” “This unlawful rule is an outright attack on the health and wellness of millions of people across the country, and the court heard clear and compelling arguments about the harm communities face when our health care system is distorted to the point in which a patient’s health care needs are not paramount,” she said. Read more.

October 22, 2019, Ms. Magazine

These Three Challenges to Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule Could Save Title X

Plaintiffs in the Ninth Circult include the American Medical Association, Planned Parenthood, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and 23 states. After the District Courts granted preliminary injunctions blocking the rule, the administration appealed. A panel on the 9th Circuit court then allowed the rule to take effect while litigation continues. The court last heard oral arguments on September 23. Read more.

September 24, 2019, Inside Health Policy

9th Circuit unlikely to freeze Title X regulations

"What we've seen in the initial withdrawals is the first instance of what this harm will look like. But we are certain there will be other organizations and providers that will not continue to stay in the program if the rule isn’t blocked,” Coleman told Inside Health Policy. Read more.

September 24, 2019, Modern Healthcare

9th Circuit unlikely to freeze Title X regulations

"The takeaway is that this is another stage in what is going to be a long fight," said Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). The group represents many Title X grantees and is one of the plaintiffs on the lawsuit.” Read more.

September 23, 2019, Roll Call

As abortion ‘gag rule’ lands in court, states seek funding fix

"The states and providers that have withdrawn have taken measures to continue services in the short term, but may not be able to recover without long-term federal funds, Marcella said. “The very fabric of the safety net has been frayed, potentially beyond repair at this point,” she said. “Long-term sustainability for these safety-net health centers . . . [is] not necessarily a reality without the essential resources that have been provided by the federal government.”  Read more.

September 22, 2019, The Hill

Trump family planning rule faces crucial court test

"The ACLU, representing the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, will argue Monday that the injunctions should be reinstated because the rules have damaged the program."  Read more.

September 20, 2019, USA Today

'Teetering on a public health crisis.' New Title X policy forces Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics to close

"The Trump administration has put us in a terrible, terrible situation," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “I keep trying to underscore that the effect on patients and their lives and their health could be devastating."  Read more.

September 11, 2019, Rewire.News

‘We Are Headed Toward a Public Health Crisis’: Title X Clinics Grapple With Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’

"In many cases, patients using Title X-funded clinics could not afford health-care services without the program, said Audrey Sandusky, senior director for advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association." Read more.

September 1, 2019, POLITICO

Trump Administration Delays Enforcement of Gag Rule

"The notion there is this secondary network waiting in the wings to jump in doesn't bear out in reality,” said Marcella of the family planning and reproductive health association." Read more.

August 31, 2019, POLITICO

Cutbacks hit family planning clinics that lost federal dollars over Trump abortion rules

"We're watching the safety net disintegrate right before our eyes," said Jessica Marcella, the vice president of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents staff at thousands of Title X clinics across all 50 states. Read more.

August 21, 2019, Vice News

Clinics Are Facing an Impossible Choice Because of Trump's 'Gag Rule'

"No one is making what feels like a good decision, whether or not they choose to stay or go. They have been pinned between a rock and a hard place,” explained Jessica Marcella, vice president for advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents dozens of providers who receive money through Title X." Read more.

August 19, 2019, Teen Vogue

The Trump Admin Just Took a Huge Leap Forward in Defunding Planned Parenthood

"We’ve always known that absent some sort of legal relief or legal action to block the administration from implementing its unlawful rule, that providers would be facing the choice that we see today,” said Jessica Marcella, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which represents family planning providers across the country, in an interview with Teen Vogue." Read more.

August 13, 2019, Texas Observer

Texas Anti-Abortion Group Dramatically Missed its Family Planning Targets. Now its Founder is Suing the Federal Government for More Money.

"The rule is welcome news for people who don’t believe patients should have the full range of care and education they need,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which is involved in several legal challenges against the new guidance." Read more.

August 4 2019, The Washington Post

New Title X funding is going to coercive sexual health care providers

"Funding for organizations such as Obria is a dangerous departure from what defines the Title X program. Obria offers only limited information and services that do not meet the national standards and are not health care. It’s coercive. And it’s tragic that this might now become some patients’ only choice." Read more.

July 27, 2019, La Presse

U.S. Abortion: Sexual Health Clinics Under Pressure

"Robin Summers, a vice president at the organization, believes the government is looking to “inflict as much damage as possible on the family planning network” for ideological reasons. “The system has been in place for decades and there have never been any problems.” Read more.

July 23, 2019, Ms. Magazine

Trump Administration Delays Enforcement of Gag Rule

"Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, told NPR that the order goes even further, because it “changes the rules around how [Title X recipients] can speak to patients about their contraceptive care. It allows providers to select the range of contraceptive methods that are offered and would allow providers to exclude methods that they object to, even if patients are interested in those methods." Read more.

July 21, 2019, Associated Press

Administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction

"In a statement Sunday, the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association called the administration’s action “wholly insufficient.” The umbrella group, which represents the clinics, is suing in federal court to block the abortion restrictions." Read more.

July 21, 2019, Axios

Trump administration delays enforcing new abortion restriction rule

"The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents the clinics and which has filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the abortion restrictions, issued a statement calling the memo "wholly insufficient." Read more.

July 21, 2019, NPR

What's Happening With New Abortion Regulations Under Title X

"Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, talks with NPR's Sarah McCammon about recent changes to Title X regulations." Read more.

July 16, 2019, POLITICO

Trump administration begins enforcing abortion 'gag rule'

"It comes without any guidance or due diligence informing providers what steps would constitute compliance with the requirements in this sweeping new regulation," said Clare Coleman, the group's president. "Once again, the administration’s actions show its intent is to further an ideological agenda, not protect and improve health care for those in need." Read more.

July 16, 2019, The Washington Post

Family planning groups forgo federal money over abortion referral rule

"Maine Family Planning, that state’s only Title X participant, is taking a larger step, withdrawing from the program entirely rather than just refusing money for now, according to Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Rights Association." Read more.

July 16, 2019, Rewire.News

Trump’s ‘Devastating and Unlawful’ Title X Restrictions Go Into Effect

"The Office of Population Affairs for HHS alerted Title X clinics on Monday night that the rule would go into effect but did not provide details about compliance, according to the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). The association called the gag rule “devastating and unlawful” in a statement." Read more.

July 16, 2019, Daily Kos

Trump administration slaps abortion gag rule on family planning clinics, effective immediately

"Clare Coleman, president of the umbrella group National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, added that "the administration's actions show its intent is to further an ideological agenda." Read more.

July 11, 2019, FierceHealthcare

Court rules Trump administration can go ahead with Title X 'gag rule'

"The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which also asked the court to restore the preliminary injunction blocking the rule, said in an announcement the appeals court was charting “a dangerous path” for the Title X program." Read more.

July 6, 2019, Pekin Daily Times

Planned Parenthood accepts federal funding again after court ruling lifts ‘gag rule’

"Clare Coleman, president and chief executive officer of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association in Washington, D.C., said in a news release after Wednesday’s ruling that the Trump administration “will stop at nothing to pursue its ideological agenda at the expense of people’s health care.” Read more.

June 25, 2019, Rewire.News

What’s Next in the Continuing Mess of the Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ Fight (Updated)

"All Title X providers will be faced with two bad choices: withhold critical information and limit care to patients or leave the program and be less able or unable to care for poor and low-income people in their community,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), one of the plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s Title X changes, said in a statement announcing the emergency filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals." Read more.

June 25, 2019, FierceHealthcare

Groups file emergency petitions to reinstate injunction to block Title X 'gag rule'

“The government is relentless in its drive to impose this ideological rule; and we remain equally intent on exercising all of our legal options to prevent the Trump administration from succeeding,” she said in a statement to ThinkProgress." Read more.

June 20, 2019, ThinkProgress

Federal court rules Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’ can take effect immediately

"Despite the devastating effects on Title X care, the government has pushed us one step closer to implementation of its harmful regulation to overhaul the nation’s family planning program,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, told Think Progress in a statement." Read more.

June 20, 2019, Bustle

Trump's Title X Abortion Rule Can Go Into Effect — Here's What That Means

"Despite the devastating effects on Title X care, the government has pushed us one step closer to implementation of its harmful regulation to overhaul the nation’s family planning program,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, told Think Progress in a statement." Read more.

June 19, 2019, The Hill

Trump administration defends controversial changes to family planning program on Capitol Hill

“If the rule is implemented, all Title X providers would be forced into only bad choices: withhold critical information and limit care to patients or leave the program and be less able or unable to care for low-income people in their community,” Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, told lawmakers Wednesday." Read more.

June 12, 2019, CNN

New Lawsuit Filed Over 'Conscience Objection' Rule for Medical Care

"In a statement, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which filed the lawsuit with the ACLU, Public Health Solutions and the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the rule "forces health centers that receive federal funds to employ individuals who refuse to perform essential job functions, without any regard for the well being of their patients or public safety." Read more.

June 11, 2019, The Hill

Advocates sue Trump administration over 'conscience protection' rule

“The groups, which include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), argued that the rule “encourages and authorizes discrimination by unlawfully granting a wide swath of institutions and individuals broad new rights to refuse to provide health care services and information." Read more.

June 11, 2019, Metro Weekly

Trump administration sued for allowing health care workers to deny care to LGBTQ people

“On Tuesday, the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, Public Health Solutions, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit challenging the rule in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York." Read more.

June 11, 2019, Reuters

Planned Parenthood sues U.S. to block rule that may limit abortions

“The plaintiffs also include Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and Public Health Solutions Inc. The American Civil Liberties Union represents the latter two nonprofits." Read more.

June 11, 2019, Courthouse News Service

Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Over ‘Refusal of Care’ Rule

“Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday to block a rule that would let medical providers refuse or even withhold information about treatment based on so-called “conscience-based” objections. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday to block a rule that would let medical providers refuse or even withhold information about treatment based on so-called “conscience-based” objections." Read more.

June 11, 2019, The Associated Press

2 Health Organizations Sue to Stop New Federal Health Rules

“The rule could eviscerate the delivery of high-quality family planning services in this country,” said Clare Coleman, head of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents over 850 health care organizations nationwide that serve millions of people, including over 3.7 million low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals." Read more.

May 2, 2019, MedPage Today

HHS Issues Final 'Conscience Clause' Rule

"The health care refusal rule threatens the integrity of key HHS programs, including the Title X family planning program," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, in a statement. "Title X cannot achieve its mission if HHS is allowed to circumvent federal law requiring grantees, providers, and contractors to provide treatment, counseling, or other medical information. This final rule ignores the needs of the patients and individuals served by HHS' programs and will create significant confusion about the rights and responsibilities of health care providers and entities." Read more.

May 2, 2019, CNN

Trump announces 'conscience objection' rule for medical care

"The new rule also blocks access and chips away at the intent of important federal programs like the Title X family planning program, said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. "This final rule ignores the needs of the patients and individuals served by HHS' programs and will create significant confusion about the rights and responsibilities of health care providers and entities," Coleman said in a statement." Read more.

April 30, 2019, Rewire.News

‘Budgets Reflect Priorities’: House Democrats Use Spending Bill to Fight Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’

“We are very gratified to see the House subcommittee provide a much-needed boost in funding for the nation’s family planning program, and truly appreciate the leadership of Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro and her colleagues in proposing this significant increase,” Coleman said in a statement." Read more.

April 30, 2019, The Seattle Times

The government has no place in the exam room

“Last Thursday, U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian in Yakima issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration’s unlawful Title X family planning rule changes from taking effect in early May, bringing welcome relief to family-planning providers across the country and their patients." Read more.

April 29, 2019, StarTribune

Minnesota clinics fight Trump rule restricting funds for abortion referrals

“Frankly, it is both cruel and unethical that they are forcing providers and health care agencies and the safety net to fight for their existence to serve vulnerable populations,” said Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, one of the groups challenging the change. “It is forcing providers to withhold information and limit care to their patients if they decide to participate, or threaten … that they will remove these essential resources.” Read more.

April 25, 2019, ThinkProgress

Federal judge blocks Trump rule barring abortion providers from family planning funds

“U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian, an Obama appointee, issued a nationwide injunction from the bench on Thursday, freezing any changes to the Title X program as a lawsuit brought by Washington state, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is further litigated in court. The injunction is effective immediately." Read more.

April 25, 2019, The Week

Federal judge blocks new Trump abortion rule

“He also said the challengers, including the state of Washington and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, demonstrated that the rule "likely violates the central purpose of Title X, which is to equalize access to comprehensive, evidence-based, and voluntary family planning." Read more.

April 25, 2019, Fox News

Federal judge blocks new Trump administration abortion rule

"All over the country, there are Title X providers looking at their patient schedules and wondering what they were going to do," said Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which sued. "Now we know that everyone can continue to do their care as they have been doing for the past 50 years." Read more.

April 25, 2019, POLITICO

For a Glimpse Into Trump's New Era of Title X, Look at Texas

"Ruth Harlow, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project who represented a coalition of about 750 Title X-funded organizations, said the judge seemed sympathetic to her argument that the rule was contrary to the purpose of Title X and was arbitrary and capricious. But she added, "This is just temporary. We will be fighting this in the next phase to make this permanent and make sure this rule is never resurrected." Read more.

April 25, 2019, Yakima Herald-Republic

U.S. judge in Yakima blocks new Trump administration abortion rule

“Judge Stanley Bastian of Yakima ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction at the state and national level. “Preserving the status quo will not harm the government. … There’s no hurry for the final rule to become effective,” he said Thursday." Read more.

April 25, 2019, KIMA TV

Federal judge in Yakima rules against cutting off federal funding for abortion

“Our hope and our commitment is to fight to the last hour, we know the administration will continue to try to put this rule into place and it’s our role working with the providers and thinking of the patients to do everything we can to ensure this rule never goes into effect," Coleman said." Read more.

April 25, 2019, Modern Healthcare

Judge freezes Trump abortion rule on Title X funding

"We were not expecting a ruling today, but he came back and read from a lengthy handwritten statement going through why he believed the plaintiffs had succeeded on all four requirements for a preliminary injunction," Family planning association President Clare Coleman said after the decision. The association has members in every state, which Judge Bastian said made a national injunction appropriate, she said. Read more.

April 25, 2019, Bustle

Trump's Title X Abortion Rule Has Been Temporarily Frozen By A Federal Judge

"Advocates like Ruth E. Harlow, from the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, praised Bastian's ruling, as well, ThinkProgress reported. "Today's decision is a victory for the four million patients nationwide who rely on trusted family planning providers for access to birth control and other essential health care," Harlow stated." Read more.

April 25, 2019, Washington Examiner

Washington judge blocks Trump administration's rules targeting Planned Parenthood

"Bastian said he would block the rule following three hours of oral arguments, according to the Washington attorney general's office. Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson brought the suit alongside the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association." Read more.

April 25, 2019, VICE News

Trump administration’s plan to slash Planned Parenthood funding just got halted by a federal judge

“Today’s decision sends a message to this administration that it will not get away with making harmful changes to the nation’s family planning program, at the expense of people’s health care,” the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which joined Washington’s lawsuit, said in a statement. “However, today is just the beginning of a long road to fight back against the largest attack on contraception in a generation.” Read more.

April 25, 2019, NPR

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Changes To Reproductive Health Program

"We've had so much concern and anxiety about the impact this rule might have on our patients and their care, and now everyone can keep going with their very important work," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which challenged the regulations. Read more.

April 25, 2019, The Hill

Judge temporarily blocks Trump ban on abortion referrals

“We applaud Judge Bastian for prioritizing the health of poor and low-income women and men in his ruling to block the Trump administration’s dangerous Title X family planning rule," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which sued over the rule." Read more.

April 25, 2019, The Washington Post

Trump abortion ‘gag’ rule blocked by federal judge

"U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Wash., granted a preliminary injunction in response to lawsuits from the state of Washington and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, among others." Read more.

April 25, 2019, Associated Press

US judge in Washington state blocks new Trump abortion rule

"All over the country, there are Title X providers looking at their patient schedules and wondering what they were going to do," said Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which sued. "Now we know that everyone can continue to do their care as they have been doing for the past 50 years." Read more.

April 25, 2019, The Seattle Times

Federal judge in Yakima blocks Trump abortion rule that foes called ‘an outrageous attack on patients’

“All over the country, there are Title X providers looking at their patient schedules and wondering what they were going to do. Now we know that everyone can continue to do their care as they have been doing for the past 50 years,” said Clare Coleman, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Arguments in that organization’s separate lawsuit were also heard in Yakima on Thursday. Read more.

April 25, 2019, New York Times

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals

Clare Coleman, president and chief executive of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, called the ruling “a tremendous public health victory and a welcome reprieve for our members in all 50 states and territories that serve more than 93 percent of Title X patients.” Read more.

April 25, 2019, The Hill

Oregon judge says he will block Trump abortion rule

A federal judge in Oregon said late Tuesday he would block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on abortion referrals at federally funded family planning clinics. Read more.

April 25, 2019, Associated Press

Court to hear Washington challenge to Trump abortion rule

A federal judge in Washington state will hear arguments in two cases against new Trump administration rules that could cut off federal funding for health care providers who refer patients for an abortion. Read more.

April 9, 2019, Idaho Statesman

Here are the ways Idaho’s Medicaid expansion bill might break the law

“The right to freely choose to receive family planning services from any qualified participating Medicaid provider is an essential protection designed to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have ready access to the health services they need when they need them, and from a provider they trust,” the association wrote. “Federal law guarantees that Medicaid beneficiaries can receive family planning services from any qualified Medicaid provider ... this principle is referred to as ‘freedom of choice.’" Read more.

April 9, 2019, Women's Media Center

How Trump is bypassing Congress to restrict reproductive rights

“The Title X rule is the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to advance an ideologically driven agenda that jeopardizes the health of vulnerable people and dismantles the health care safety net in this country,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. “The health care of poor and low-income people is being held hostage. Their care should not be politicized. This should not be a zero-sum game." Read more.

March 6, 2019, Governing

For a Glimpse Into Trump's New Era of Title X, Look at Texas

“Texas was very instructive,” says Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, an organization that opposes the new cuts. “If the [Trump] administration is successful, health outcomes could be severely impacted. The fact is, when you move away from science, you’re ignoring public health." Read more.

March 6, 2019, NPR

Trump's Overhaul Of Federal Family Planning Program Faces Multiple Lawsuits

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association has announced plans to file its own suit in the coming days on behalf of one of its member clinics in Washington state. On Monday, Essential Access Health, which administers Title X grants in California, announced a lawsuit challenging the rule on behalf of patients in that state. Read more.

March 6, 2019, Pacific Standard Magazine

What Crisis Pregnancy Centers Stand to Gain from Trump's New Title X 'Gag Rule'

"The administration has outlined quite clearly [its] intention to increase competition even though the [full range] of highly qualified providers are already participating in Title X, and so it's really to allow these other entities to have an opportunity to redeem federal funding," says Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

March 5, 2019, CNN Wire

21 states sue over Trump administration changes to Title X family planning program

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson vowed last week to file suit. The American Civil Liberties Union plans to battle in the courts on behalf of Cedar River Clinics in Washington state, as well as the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents a coalition of 900 providers. And the Center for Reproductive Rights will get into the legal fight on behalf of Maine Family Planning, which operates 18 clinics throughout the state. Read more.

March 5, 2019, Associated Press

Lawsuit: Trump Family-Planning Rule 'Politicizes' Medicine

A new Trump administration rule for family-planning grants could trigger a national public health crisis, the American Medical Association and Planned Parenthood said in a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the rule. Read more.

March 4, 2019, Rewire.News

Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ to Begin in 60 Days as Democrats Question Policy’s Legality

The Trump administration on Monday published its finalized restrictions on the Title X family planning program, known as the domestic “gag rule,” kicking off a 60-day period before the anti-choice policy will go into effect. Read more.

February 28, 2019, Kaiser Health News

Despite 1991 Ruling, Foes Of New Family Planning Rules See Law On Their Side

The American Civil Liberties Union announced it will sue on behalf of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents publicly funded family planning providers and administrators, as well as the Cedar River Clinics in Washington state. The Center for Reproductive Rights has said it will sue on behalf of family planning providers in Maine. Read more.

February 28, 2019, Rewire.News

Trump’s Family Planning Rules Are Class Warfare. States Are Ready to Stop Them.

Dr. Deborah Oyer, medical director of Cedar River Clinics, Title X-funded providers in Washington state, sees parallels between the discriminatory Hyde Amendment and the Trump administration’s new domestic “gag rule” on Title X grantees. Some 4 million people receive care from 4,000 Title X-funded providers across the United States, and the majority live at or below the poverty line. Read more.

February 26, 2019, Governing

With Title X Funding at Stake, States Join the Legal Battle

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit with the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association -- which represents Title X grantees, once the rule is formally published, which happened on Tuesday afternoon. California and New York's attorneys general have also reportedly vowed to sue. Read more.

February 26, 2019, HealthLeaders Media

Washington AG Announces Intent to Sue Title X Rule

Deborah Oyer, MD, medical director of the Cedar River Clinics in Seattle, said her clinic was planning to join the NFPRHA lawsuit when it is filed. "This new policy ... demonstrates clear and dangerous disregard for the role birth control and cancer screening play in peoples' lives," she said. Read more.

February 25, 2019, Modern Healthcare

Washington state leads challenge to Trump's abortion policy

The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents many providers in the Title X network, as well as the state's Cedar River Clinics, and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, announced they will also sue in the same court. The two challenges will likely be consolidated. Read more.

February 25, 2019, The Seattle Times

Ferguson to sue Trump administration over new abortion regulations

“We will not allow the federal government to dictate what a provider can or cannot say to a patient,” Ferguson said at a news conference. “This case is about placing a political ideology, about placing politicians in the room when doctors and patients are discussing health-care options. That is unacceptable.” The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association said it would file a separate lawsuit to block the new regulations, and other Democratic-led states are expected to file legal challenges, Ferguson said. Read more.

February 25, 2019, MedPage Today

Washington AG Announces Intent to Sue Over Title X Rule

Under the rule, which is slated to take effect 60 days after it is published (with publication is expected in the next few days), providers at clinics funded under a 49-year-old federal program known as Title X are required to refer pregnant women only for prenatal care even if the patient doesn't want or need it, and are not allowed to discuss abortion, Ferguson said. Read more.

February 25, 2019, The Daily Beast

Reproductive Rights Groups Ready to Sue Trump Over Abortion Rule

“The new rule will significantly disrupt the Title X program and moves it drastically away from what its central purpose is,,” ACLU senior staff attorney Ruth Harlow told The Daily Beast. “So we’re filing suit to try to keep the Title X program in its role as a really effective safety net and as a very effective healthcare-providing program.” Read more.

February 25, 2019, KING 5 NBC News

Washington state sues over Trump's abortion obstacles

Washington state says it will sue to challenge President Donald Trump's policy setting up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, days after the administration adopted it. Read more.

February 25, 2019, Washington Examiner

Washington to sue Trump over rule stripping Planned Parenthood funding

Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, also was present at the press conference, which took place in Seattle, to announce that the organization would be filing its own lawsuit when the rule is published. The cases are likely to be merged together as they make their way through the courts. Read more.

February 25, 2019, The Associated Press

Washington state to sue over Trump’s new abortion policy

It’s the first of several legal challenges expected to be announced by Democratic-led states. A national organization representing publicly funded family planning providers said Monday it would file a separate lawsuit over the policy. Read more.

February 25, 2019, Crain's New York Business

Feds to slash funding for programs with abortion services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule Friday that will deny Title X funding to family planning programs that offer abortion services. The Title X program provides about $290 million in funding and serves about 4 million low-income people a year. Read more.

February 23, 2019, The Associated Press

Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referrals

The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals. The new policy is certain to be challenged in court. The final rule released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department also would prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from being housed in the same locations as abortion providers, and require stricter financial separation. Read more.

February 22, 2019, Kaiser Health News

HHS Finalizes Rule Seeking To Expel Planned Parenthood From Family Planning Program

The Trump administration Friday finalized a regulation intended to push Planned Parenthood out of the Title X federal family planning program, keeping a campaign promise to anti-abortion groups. The program provides contraceptives, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and other primary health services to 4 million patients each year, many of them low-income or uninsured, at more than 4,000 clinic sites. Planned Parenthood serves about 40 percent of that caseload. Read more.

February 22, 2019, The Washington Post

Trump administration bars family planning clinics that provide abortion referrals from $286 million program

Under the new mandate, which opponents have vowed to challenge in court, federally funded family planning clinics can no longer refer a patient for abortion and will have to maintain a “clear physical and financial separation” between services funded by the government and any organization that provides abortions or referrals for abortions. Recipients of grants under the Title X program, which serves mostly low-income women, were already prohibited from performing abortions with those funds. Read more.

February 22, 2019, Politico

Trump administration issues rule to strip millions from Planned Parenthood

The Trump administration issued a final rule on Friday that could effectively cut off tens of millions of federal family planning dollars to Planned Parenthood and steer some of that funding towards anti-abortion, faith-based care providers. While the revamp of the Title X program does not accomplish the full defunding of Planned Parenthood that Republicans have called for, it is a major step in that direction, and marks another major policy win for social conservatives looking to prohibit access to abortion.  Read more.

February 22, 2019, California Healthline

HHS Finalizes Rule Seeking To Expel Planned Parenthood From Family Planning Program

The Trump administration Friday finalized a regulation intended to push Planned Parenthood out of the Title X federal family planning program, keeping a campaign promise to anti-abortion groups. The program provides contraceptives, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and other primary health services to 4 million patients each year, many of them low-income or uninsured, at more than 4,000 clinic sites. Planned Parenthood serves about 40 percent of that caseload. Read more.

February 22, 2019, VOX

The Trump administration is finalizing plans to strip funding from Planned Parenthood

The Trump administration on Friday released a final version of a rule barring clinics that provide or refer patients for abortions from getting federal family planning funds. The rule, first proposed last year, is known by some reproductive rights advocates as the “domestic gag rule.” Read more.

February 22, 2019, Modern Healthcare

Planned Parenthood barred from Title X under final draft rule

The Trump administration on Friday released its draft final rule that would bar Planned Parenthood affiliates from the roughly $290 million in funds for the federal family planning network known as Title X. Women's reproductive health groups immediately warned they will likely challenge the policy. Read more.

February 22, 2019, Rewire.News

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Attacks on the Federal Family Planning Program

Reproductive health advocates are bracing themselves for the finalization of the Trump administration’s Title X “domestic gag rule.” The anti-choice policy would ban providers receiving Title X funds from referring patients for abortion services and force abortion providers under the program to physically separate abortion services from other family planning services. Read more.

February 22, 2019, MedPage Today

HHS Final Rule Blocks Funding to Clinics With Abortion Services

Health clinics that provide abortion services will no longer be entitled to receive federal family planning funding, according to a rule issued by the Trump administration on Friday. A statement issued by the Department of Health and Human Services about the "Final Title X Rule Detailing Family Planning Grant Program" says that the program requires "clear financial and physical separation between Title X funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method of family planning." Read more.

February 22, 2019, CNN

Trump administration inches closer to defunding Planned Parenthood

The US Department of Health and Human Services issued its draft final rule to revise the Title X family planning program Friday, jeopardizing a decades-old program that serves millions of low-income people, critics say. Title X, established in 1970, provides more than $250 million in funding for birth control and other reproductive health care services to approximately 4 million people every year. Read more.

February 22, 2019, Fox News

Trump administration to ban abortion referrals by taxpayer-funded family planning clinics

The rule meanwhile is likely to see a court challenge from groups opposed to the move. "This rule intentionally strikes at the heart of the patient-provider relationship, inserting political ideology into a family planning visit, which will frustrate and ultimately discourage patients from seeking the health care they need," Clare Coleman, head of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. Read more.

December 12, 2018, The Washington Post

Trump Administration’s Approach to Funding Family Planning is Back in Court

A federal appeals court will consider a challenge Wednesday to the Trump administration’s guidelines for funding a decades-old family planning program that put new emphasis on abstinence, including for adults, over services such as contraception. Reproductive rights groups went to court in Washington earlier this year after the administration announced grant rules encouraging providers to put “meaningful emphasis” on sexual-risk-avoidance counseling and partnerships with faith-based and community organizations. Read more.

December 4, 2018, VICE News

The Abortion Fight Is About to Move from Congress to The White House

As Democrats prepare to take over the U.S. House of Representatives, abortion foes are shifting their efforts to a friendlier branch of government: the Trump administration. Specifically, abortion opponents are targeting the Title X program, which provides federal funding for family planning services for low-income Americans. Read more.

November 18, 2018, Bustle

Trump's New Birth Control Rules Say Family Planning Clinics Can Help Women — But Here's The Problem

When the Trump administration finalized rules giving employers greater latitude to refuse insurance coverage for birth control due to religious or moral objections earlier this month, a number of women's health organizations voiced serious concerns. But the Trump administration isn't backing down. Read more.

November 17, 2018, The New York Times

Trump Proposes a New Way Around Birth Control Mandate: Religious Exemptions and Title X

The Trump administration is making it easier for employers to exclude birth control from health insurance benefits provided under the Affordable Care Act, and it has come up with a new justification, saying that female employees can obtain contraceptives at family planning clinics for low-income people. Read more.

November 13, 2018, SELF Magazine

Here's What Trump's Final Rules on Birth Control Coverage Mean for You

The Trump administration released two final rules earlier this month that broaden exemptions for birth control coverage in employer-sponsored insurance plans, allowing even more companies to decide not to cover medication on religious or moral grounds. Read more.

November 13, 2018, Bustle

Trump's Latest Birth Control Move Could Make Your Next Pharmacy Visit A Lot More Expensive

The day after a record number of women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Trump administration issued yet another blow to reproductive rights. By finalizing a plan that allows companies to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirement, President Donald Trump's latest birth control move could force people across the country to pay out of pocket for contraception if their employer has a religious or moral objection. Read more.

November 9, 2018, MedPage Today

HHS Final Rules on Birth Control Coverage Draw Praise, Criticism

The Trump administration's rules regarding insurance coverage for contraception and billing for health insurance premiums that pay for abortion coverage are drawing praise and criticism from both sides of the reproductive rights issue. Read more.

November 8, 2018, Modern Healthcare

Title X grantees must offer hormonal birth control, HHS says

The Trump administration has clarified that every recipient of Title X family planning grants must include a provider that offers hormonal birth control. HHS released a new funding announcement Wednesday night with little fanfare and no significant changes for the providers who currently receive portions of the $260 million in grants. Read more.

November 8, 2018, Huffington Post

New Trump Health Care Attack Targets Obamacare Birth Control Mandate

In a move lambasted by activists as an attack on women’s health, the Trump administration on Wednesday said it had finalized an Obamacare policy change that allows some employers to deny insurance coverage of birth control for “religious or moral” reasons. Read more.

November 7, 2018, CNN

Trump administration weakens Obamacare birth control coverage mandate

The Trump administration issued two final rules on Wednesday providing employers more flexibility with exemptions to deny women insurance coverage for birth control. Under the Affordable Care Act, employer-provided health insurance plans are required to cover birth control as a preventive service. Now, the US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule providing exemption from the contraceptive coverage mandate to entities that object to such coverage based on religious beliefs. The second final rule provides exemption to nonprofit organizations and small businesses that may have non-religious moral convictions to such coverage. Read more.

October 26, 2018, The Washington Post

Letter to the Editor: The troublesome war on birth control

This is a program that today is able to serve only 4 million poor and low-income people, even though 20 million people need publicly funded family planning. So, yes, the rule seeks to attack access to contraception, and it does so by unraveling the mission of a sensible, cost-effective program with a bipartisan history and strong track record. That should be troublesome for all of us. Read more.

August 31, 2018, Conscience Magazine

Opinion: Freedom of Misinformation Act

Earlier this year, the administration proposed new rules for the administration of Title X that puts religious objections before the health needs of a patient. This maneuver could cause unprecedented patient harm and put many family planning providers in an impossible situation. Read more.

August 31, 2018, Rewire.News 

Trump Administration Dramatically Shortens Funding Period for Title X Grants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shortened the funding period for the latest round of Title X family planning grants to just seven months, rather than the usual three-year cycle. The move has concerned reproductive health advocates, who said it could indicate that the Trump administration is rushing to implement its proposed anti-choice domestic gag rule. Read more. 

August 29, 2018, The Hill 

Trump Administration Shortens Funding Period for Grants to Planned Parenthood, Other Groups

The Trump administration on Wednesday shortened the funding period for grants awarded to organizations providing family planning services. The Title X grants will fund groups that offer birth control, STD testing and other family planning services through March 2019. Previous funding lasted for three-year periods. Read more. 

August 28, 2018, rePROs Fight Back 

Title X is Under Attack

Clare Coleman, President of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), talks to us about NFPRHA, Title X, and what we can do to save Title X from the current administration’s unprecedented attacks. Read more.

August 2, 2018, Modern Healthcare

HHS Keeping Current Title X Grantees, but Plaintiffs Skeptical

Months after retooling funding criteria for doling out $290 million in Title X family planning grants, the Trump administration Thursday announced that all current grantees will continue to receive funding. It also added 12 new organizations. Read more. 

July 31, 2018, PBS NewsHour

Trump’s Proposed Changes to Title X could Limit Access to Abortion

But unless these rules undergo dramatic changes before going into effect, Jessica Marcella, Vice President of Advocacy and Communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said she expects dire consequences for access to family planning and basic health care services – and a long legal battle ahead. Read more.

July 21, 2018, Waco Tribune-Herald

Health Care Providers Worry about Access to Services under Federal Rule Change

About 4,000 Title X funded clinics across the nation, not just Planned Parenthood clinics, are waiting anxiously to see how the Trump administration changes Title X funding, said Audrey Sandusky, spokeswoman for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. As it stands, those clinics will receive Title X funding through August. What happens in September is anyone’s guess, Sandusky said. Read more.

July 17, 2018, ThinkProgress

Trump-appointed Judge Rules Family Planning Program can Prioritize Abstinence over Contraception

“This administration is attempting to undermine a public health program that was created with bipartisan support and that for decades has provided critical family planning services available to millions of people who could not otherwise afford it,” said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of NFPRHA. Read more. 

July 3, 2018, Morning Consult

Opinion: In the Real World, Contraception Counts

Over decades, there has been sustained support for the Title X family planning program, the nation’s only dedicated federal source of funding for affordable birth control and sexual health care services. Yet, in a handful of months, the Trump administration has taken multiple actions to upend this cornerstone of public health. Read more.

June 22, 2018, The Washington Post

Groups Suing Trump Administration over Family Planning Express Optimism

Clare Coleman, president and chief executive of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said: “I think we had a great day. I think the judge knew the importance of Title X. … I feel confident he heard the arguments we were advancing.” Read more.

June 21, 2018, POLITICO

Family Planning Grantees ask Judge to Block Trump Title X Changes

The lawsuit — brought by the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and Planned Parenthood affiliates in Wisconsin, Ohio and Utah — comes in response to the first set of changes the Trump administration made to Title X in February, which put a greater emphasis on abstinence and natural family planning. Read more.

June 21, 2018, Modern Healthcare

Planned Parenthood Looks to Prevent Title X Funding Changes in Court

"This administration wants to undermine the core mission of the Title X program and instead shift to a narrow and ideological vision of how people should live their lives," Clare Coleman, president & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a comment. "Diverting funding away from the existing network of family planning providers will diminish access to high-quality family planning and sexual health care and drive up unintended pregnancy and abortion rates and STD incidence." Read more.

June 21, 2018, POLITICO Pulse

D.C. Court Hears Arguments in Title X Fight Today

"These new directives are disrespectful of patients’ health needs and fail to meet the government’s own standards," NFPHRA's Clare Coleman said in a statement. Read more.

June 13, 2018, Rewire.News

Trump’s Own Budget Office Puts the Brakes on Proposed Religious Imposition Rule

NFPRHA Advocacy and Communications Director Audrey Sandusky reiterated the potential harm to patients that would stem from the proposed HHS rule. “First and foremost the proposed rule opens the door for new ways for health providers to deny health care to patients in need,” she said. “Health care providers’ beliefs should never determine access to essential care that patients need to stay healthy. Read more.

May 25, 2018, Washington Post 

The Health 202: Why Suing Over New Family Planning Restrictions Could be Hard 

Abortion rights activists are leaving the door open to suing the Trump administration over new restrictions in the federal family planning program. But they might be stopped short, given the Supreme Court has upheld an even broader regulation on Title X grantees nearly three decades ago. Read more. 

May 25, 2018, PBS 

Trump Administration Aims to Cut Funding for Abortion Providers 

The Trump administration has proposed sweeping changes to its national family planning program that, if implemented, would prohibit clinics from receiving federal funds if they provide abortion services for patients. Read more. 

May 24, 2018, The Hill

Planned Parenthood considers litigation on Trump's proposed changes to family planning program

Planned Parenthood and a national group representing family planning clinics say they will consider suing the Trump administration if it moves forward with a proposal that would reshape a federal grant program. Read more. 

May 24, 2018, The Hill 

Overnight Health Care - Sponsored by PCMA - Abortion rights group plans $5M campaign to flip the house 

NARAL Pro-Choice America announced a $5 million campaign Thursday to try and flip the House in November. Read more. 

May 24, 2018, The Intercept 

TRUMP'S GAG RULE WOULD PRESSURE MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION ON ABORTION AND BIRTH CONTROL 

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION launched its latest attack on women’s rights this week, introducing a so-called domestic gag rule for providers that receive Title X family planning funding. The rule would encourage providers to withhold potentially life-saving medical information from their patients and bar them from referring patients to an abortion provider. Read more. 

May 23, 2018, Bustle

How To Help Stop Trump's Title X Abortion Funding Rule & Stand Up For Women's Health Care 

In a striking blow for women's health and rights, the Trump administration has announced that it is proposing a new rule related to federal family planning funding. The proposed rule would strip federal Title X funding from any organization that provides women with or refers them for abortions. Read more.

May 23, 2018, Medpage Today 

New Restrictions on Title X Clinics Announced

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Tuesday formally issued its proposed regulation barring health clinics who accept federal Title X funding from referring patients for abortions, as well as mandating complete physical and financial separation of abortion-related activities from other services funded through Title X. Read more. 

May 22, 2018, SELF

Here's What a 'Domestic Gag Rule' on Abortion Would Actually Mean for All of Us 

Update: On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made an announcement about a proposed update to the Title X program. The announcement comes four days after multiple outlets reported on the rumored policy, what's being referred to as a "domestic gag rule" on abortion. Read more. 

May 22, 2018, Mic 

Behind the scenes, Mike Pence's quiet push to end abortion and limit women's rights is succeeding 

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump will give the keynote address at the annual gala of the anti-abortion-rights group the Susan B. Anthony List, an opportunity for the president to bolster his credentials with conservative and Evangelical voters and to tout his administration’s most recent promise to them: an end to federal funding for clinics that provide abortions. Read more. 

May 22, 2018, Refinery 29 

The Trump Administration Is Trying Yet Again To Defund Planned Parenthood

Update: Just in time for President Trump to speak at a major anti-choice fundraiser tonight, his Office of Population Affairs has released the full text of a proposed rule to block Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide or even mention abortion from receiving certain federal family planning grants, known as Title X. Read more. 

May 18, 2018, Governing

Trump's New Abortion Proposal Politicizes a Historically Bipartisan Program 

Federal money already can't be spent on abortions. The Trump administration now wants to keep any funds from going to organizations that support the procedure. Read more. 

May 18, 2018, CBC News 

Trump moves to ban funding for clinics offering abortion services 

Trump Until family planning clinics stop performing abortions or referring women to abortion providers, those health-care facilities won't collect a penny from the U.S. government under a new proposal issued by the Trump administration on Friday. Read more. 

May 18, 2018, ThinkProgress

Trump's plan to cut Planned Parenthood funding will do a lot more than target abortion 

The Trump administration plans to fundamentally change the country’s only federal family planning program dedicated to providing reproductive care to low-income people, by cutting funding for clinics that provide abortions and barring doctors from telling patients where they can obtain the procedure. Read more. 

May 18, 2018, Associated Press 

Trump Thrusts Abortion Fight Into Crucial Midterm Elections

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration acted Friday to bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, energizing its conservative political base ahead of crucial midterm elections while setting the stage for new legal battles. Read more.

May 18, 2018, NBC News

Trump targets Planned Parenthood, family planning services with new abortion rule 

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved forward with a proposal Friday that would effectively ban Planned Parenthood and similar organizations from providing abortion and related services under the same roof as operations funded by federal family-planning grants, according to an administration official. Read more.

May 17, 2018, Modern Healthcare

HHS could announce Title X regulations banning Planned Parenthood Friday

HHS plans to announce forthcoming regulations on Friday that would ban Title X family planning providers from referring patients to abortion clinics and prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood. Read More. 

May 3, 2018, Kaiser Health News

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Medicaid, Privacy And Tom Price’s Return

Trump is considering regulations that would defund Planned Parenthood from the Title X Family Planning Program. Although anti-abortion groups would applaud such a move, it could backfire on the Republicans in November by energizing a wave of blue voters in the midterm elections. Listen here.

May 2, 2018, CNN

Trump administration hit with lawsuits over low-income family-planning dollars

"It's hard to believe that a federal program that is dedicated to family planning does not mention the [word] 'contraception' ... even once in a 60-page funding announcement," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, in a written statement. Read More.

May 2, 2018, Vice

Trump administration hit with lawsuits over low-income family-planning dollars

Changes to a decades-old federal program that provides birth control and other reproductive health care services to millions of low-income people each year prompted lawsuits that were filed against the Trump administration Wednesday. Read more.

May 2, 2018, Vice

Three Groups Are Suing Trump for Dramatically Changing a Family Planning Program

“The Trump administration’s Title X funding announcement would undermine this public health program, putting their ideologically driven agenda above women’s health and preventive care,” says Ruth Harlow, senior staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project, which filed suit on behalf of the NFPRHA. Read more.

May 2, 2018, Rewire

Lawsuits Challenge Trump Administration’s Changes to Title X Family Planning Program

The lawsuits filed in federal court claim the administration acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it announced changes to how grants are awarded under the federal family planning program. Read more.

May 2, 2018, CQ News

Advocacy Groups Sue Administration Over Family Planning Changes

“It’s hard to believe that a federal program that is dedicated to family planning does not mention the words ‘contraception’ or ‘prevention’ even once in a 60-page funding announcement,” said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of NFPRHA, during a press call with reporters. Read more.

May 2, 2018, Bustle

Planned Parenthood Is Taking Trump To Court To Protect Your Access To Affordable Birth Control

Two separate lawsuits were filed against the Department of Health and Human Services: one by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), and another from three Planned Parenthood affiliates in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Utah. Read more.

May 2, 2018, Modern Healthcare

ACLU sues Trump administration over Title X funding change

"The mission [of Title X] is under attack," said Clare Coleman, president of the plaintiff National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NPRHA). "The Trump administration wants to change the rules." Read more.

May 2, 2018, Think Progress

Trump administration’s war against Planned Parenthood is targeting all family planning clinics

For this, The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday to challenge the 60-page funding announcement — that makes no mention of contraception — released in February. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed separate, similar legal challenges. Read more.

May 2, 2018, Washington Examiner

Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over family planning funds

Clare Coleman, president and CEO of National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said in a call with reporters the 60-page document "doesn't make a single mention of contraception." Read more.

May 2, 2018, ABC News

Lawsuits target Trump administration family planning policy

"After nearly 50 years of success for Title X, the Trump administration is trying to undermine it by shifting to a narrow and ideological vision of how people should live their lives," said Clare Coleman, CEO of the national family planning association. Read more.

May 2, 2018, NPR

Planned Parenthood Sues To Block Trump's 'Radical Shift' In Family Planning Program

Clare Coleman, president & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, in a statement to NPR called the Trump administration's approach "disrespectful" to low-income patients and said it undermines Title X "by shifting to a narrow, ideological vision of how people should live their lives: no sex until marriage; family participation at all ages; and natural family planning methods first and foremost." Read more.

April 13, 2018, Women's Media Center

New Trump efforts to roll back birth control and health care access

“What we’re seeing is a deliberate attempt to shift away from the best possible evidence on effective, results-driven family planning care,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

April 5, 2018, The New York Times

Under Trump, an Office Meant to Help Refugees Enters the Abortion Wars

NFPRHA President & CEO, Clare Cocleman comments on the administration's proposed rules that would expand protections for doctors, nurses and possibly a much wider pool of workers more loosely connected to health services who say that assisting with procedures like abortion and gender reassignment surgery would violate their religious beliefs. Read more.

March 29, 2018, ThinkProgress

Planned Parenthood is one vote away from losing critical family planning funds in Nebraska

“To assume that other providers are not only poised to meet the same high standard of care that Title X requires but that [they] also have the capacity to fulfill existing demand is foolhardy,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which represents some Nebraska subrecipients. Read more.

March 15, 2018, ThinkProgress

Trump said states can deny public funds to Planned Parenthood. Nebraska is trying to do just that.

“An attack on just one provider type will have serious ramifications for many other providers across the state of Nebraska,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which represents some Nebraska subrecipients. “Without Title X funding, health centers could be forced to significantly cut back on services, staff or even close.” Read more.

March 9, 2018, The Pump Handle

Advocates raise alarm over language, omissions in new Title X funding announcement

“We knew this was the (Trump) administration’s first opportunity to make changes to the program, so we anticipated that they’d try to transform parts of it,” said Jessica Marcella, vice president for advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). “But the disregarding of nationally recognized standards on family planning care and the removal of all references to contraceptive services in the funding announcement is very concerning from a public health perspective.” Read more.

February 23, 2018, Politico

Trump's family planning grants emphasize abstinence, other conservative priorities

"There are no references to contraception and no reference to nationally recognized clinical standards for the provision of high-quality family planning and sexual health care," said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

February 23, 2018, Rewire

Trump’s Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria

“In the initial analysis of the Title X funding announcement released today, it is of concern there are no references to contraception and no reference to nationally recognized clinical standards for the provision of high-quality family planning and sexual health care,” said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), which represents Title X providers. Read more.

February 14, 2018, Rewire

Exclusive: Senate Democrats Tell Azar to Reverse Hate Group’s Anti-Choice Policy

“It opens the door for states to ban some of the most trusted providers in the country and that will jeopardize the health and well-being of Medicaid enrollees nationwide,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

February 9, 2018, CQ/Roll Call

As family planning providers wait on funding, many worry about the program’s future

“Approving this waiver could have ripple effects across the country, unraveling quality health services that are a critical entry point into the health care system and that countless underserved women rely on as their last resort for care,” said Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more (password protected).

February 7, 2018, ThinkProgress

The Trump administration is 4 months behind on providing critical family planning grants

Director of Advocacy and Communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Audrey Sandusky, is concerned that the shortened application period jeopardizes the quality and competitiveness of the applicants. Her organization represents the majority of current Title X grantees. Read more. 

February 6, 2018, The Hill

Trump admin says it's 'committed' to federal family planning program amid delays

Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents family planning clinics, called the update welcome news but said the delays have been disruptive. Read more. 

February 6, 2018, Associated Press

Administration calls family planning program 'important'

Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, called it "welcome news." "At the same time, the lack of transparency has undoubtedly been disruptive to our network," she added in a statement. Read more. 

January 30, 2018, Public Health Newswire

Title X: A Q&A with NFPRHA’s Clare Coleman

Public Health Newswire spoke to Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, to understand the role of the Title X program and the impact a delay in funding, and other policies targeting the program, could have on the public’s health. Read more.

January 30, 2018, The Hill

Dems demand answers from Trump admin about family planning program

“The reality is that all of the networks are going to start thinking about how and when to shut down services or minimize services if there is a lapse of funding, and thinking of what other patchwork of services they can put together to help people if HHS has not followed through in a timely manner,” Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, told The Hill this month. Read more.

January 19, 2018, Rewire

Trump Officials Unveil All-Out Religious Attack on Health-Care Services

“Rescinding Obama-era guidance that reinforced bedrock Medicaid family planning protections, coupled with seeking to broaden an ability to refuse to provide medically appropriate care without regard for patients, could eviscerate the delivery of high-quality family planning services and supplies,” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. “These policies may particularly exacerbate obstacles to care for poor and low-income individuals who already have fewer access points to the care they need.” Read more.

January 18, 2018, The Hill

WH delays spark fear for family planning groups

“The reality is that all of the networks are going to start thinking about how and when to shut down services or minimize services if there is a lapse of funding, and thinking of what other patchwork of services they can put together to help people if HHS has not followed through in a timely manner,” said Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

January 12, 2018, The Hill

States Alarmed by Delay in HHS Family Planning Money

“We think it’s quite possible that the administration is using this funding announcement as its first real opportunity to transform the program and undermine its integrity,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

November 29, 2017, Rewire

Trump Administration Dangles Family Planning Cash for Anti-Choice Priorities

“We could see restrictions that could really pull the rug out from under the existing Title X network and disrupt health care providers’ ability to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care millions of people rely on,” Sandusky said in an email. Read more.

November 2, 2017, The Washington Post

The Health 202: Here's the next way the Trump administration could go after abortion providers

“It will be the administration’s first opportunity to say how they want the Title X program to look,” said Jessica Marcella, vice president of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

September 21, 2017, Rewire

Protecting Family Planning Access Should Be a Shared Priority

Clare Coleman and Julie Rabinovitz emaplain why access to family planning is beneficial to entire communities in a Morning Consult Op-Ed. Read more

September 19, 2017, Rewire

Reproductive Health-Care Fights Roil Washington

The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), for one, “is calling on Congress to increase funding for family planning as the fiscal year 2018 appropriations process continues,” according to president and CEO Clare Coleman. Read more.

September 15, 2017, The Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration Moves Cheer Abortion Foes

“We view this as a step-by-step strategy,” said Audrey Sandusky, communications director at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which opposes the changes. “The administration is taking steps to transform the Title X program to become significantly weaker.” Read more.

September 12, 2017, Women's Media Center

House Budget Filled with Reproductive Health Restrictions

“Any proposal that cuts or eliminates funding for the Title X program cripples the family planning provider network and makes it nearly impossible for patients to receive the preventive care they need,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

July 13, 2017, Rewire

House GOP: Eliminate Family Planning Services for Low-Income Families

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are again proposing to zero out federal Title X family planning funding to health-care providers that serve people with low incomes. Read more.

April 9, 2017, Romper

Which States Get More Title X Funding For Planned Parenthood? It's Complicated

"Disapproving this rule is a discriminatory action against a trusted provider, namely planned Parenthood," she said. "... We are concerned that this Title X disapproval rule emboldens states to further impose barriers to family-planning care that many people rely on. It emboldens states to discriminate against certain providers." Read more.

April 3, 2017, Asbury Park Press

What can the country learn from NJ Planned Parenthood cuts?

"You cannot assume that patients will have seamless access to care," said Audrey Sandusky, the director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents all family planning providers. Read more.

March 17, 2017, Rewire

Trump’s ‘Cruel’ Budget Eviscerates Resources for Vulnerable People

Their track record worries officials from advocacy groups like the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). Read more.

March 17, 2017, Yahoo News

Better Birth Control Access Could Drop Abortion Rate 67%, Save $12 Billion

“In short, blocking Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program will erect insurmountable barriers to care. We are talking about people who already face enormous roadblocks in their lives, and if they can’t come to the family planning provider they know and trust and access confidential care, that means they can’t get that care. If you eliminate Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, you’re eliminating many women’s usual and sole source of health care,” Sandusky tells Yahoo Beauty. Read more.

March 6, 2017, The Intercept

Repealing the Affordable Care Act Would Jeopardize Women's Health

By repealing the ACA the government would almost ensure that millions more women would need to obtain preventive care from safety net providers like Planned Parenthood who use Medicaid and Title X to deliver services; but without Medicaid, Title X, and Planned Parenthood it is unclear where they could go. “Invariably, any attack on the health system and on the safety net would result in fewer women having access to care,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “And that’s troubling and that will result in diminished health outcomes in communities across the country.” Read more.

February 17, 2017, Modern Healthcare

Disapproval of Obama protections sparks fight over Planned Parenthood funding

“It's a concern for us that we could see some damaging proposals coming down the pike that target Title X funding,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

February 16, 2017, NBC Washington

House Overturns Rule Protecting Planned Parenthood

“Cutting out a provider that sees nearly a third of patients in the Title X program will mean that more women will go without services, have to pay out of pocket for care, or travel farther for services,” said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “You can’t simply shift providers overnight.” Read more.

February 10, 2017, The Intercept

Sen. Joni Ernst Puts Planned Parenthood - and Access to Birth Control - On the Chopping Block

“It is deeply troubling that at a time when more women are in need of publicly funded care in this country, we’re bracing for attacks on the very provider network that is charged with delivering the high-quality family-planning services that communities count on,” Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, wrote in an email to The Intercept. Read more.

January 12, 2017, Mashable

Cutting Planned Parenthood funding will be a devastating blow to vulnerable Americans

Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications for the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said banning Planned Parenthood from Medicaid would have disastrous effects for people who count on it as their main or only source of health care. Read more.

January 6, 2017, Rewire

Amid Heitkamp’s Speculated Departure, North Dakota Girds for ‘Immediate Threat’ on Abortion

The federal Title X program funds 20 sites that offer annual exams, birth control, cancer screenings, and STI treatment, according to the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). More than 8,000 North Dakotans relied on these services in 2015. Read more.

December 20, 2016, Governing

Obama's Protection Does Little to Ease Women's Health Fears

“We are deeply concerned that there will be nothing stopping the new Congress from disproving the new rule," said Audrey Sandusky, communications director for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. "They only need a simple majority to block it, and we believe this regulation is one that Congress will." Read more.

December 15, 2016, Rewire

GOP Threatens Obama’s Safeguards for Family Planning Funding

But Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, also cautioned that the protections “may only be temporary.” Read more.

December 14, 2016, Reuters

Obama administration shores up protections for Planned Parenthood

"The protections are simply not permanent," said Audrey Sandusky, director of advocacy and communications at the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. Read more.

December 14, 2016, Buzzfeed News

President Obama Barred States From Defunding Planned Parenthood

And Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said, “Congressional opponents have made clear their intentions to swiftly reverse all of the recent progress made for women’s health, including blocking these important protections.” Read more.

June 28, 2016, Kaiser Health News

States Offer Privacy Protections To Young Adults On Their Parents’ Health Plan

The health law opened the door for millions of young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. But there’s a downside to remaining on the family plan. Chances are that mom or dad, as policyholder, will get a notice from the insurer every time the grown-up kid gets medical care, a breach of privacy that many young people may find unwelcome. Read more. 

March 22, 2016, The Huffington Post

Supreme Court Must Protect Contraceptive Coverage

Making contraception more affordable under the ACA was a significant step forward in our national efforts to improve the health of all women and their families. The Supreme Court should continue to build on this tremendous victory by upholding the requirement. Read more.

February 23, 2016, Governing

The Family Planning Choices Low-Income People Should Have

While demand for publicly funded family planning has continued to grow, the Title X budget has been cut year after year. We don't need any more damaging policies that limit provider choice and block access to care. We need real, lasting support to help the millions of women and men served in the safety net get the information and care they need from the providers they trust. Read more.

February 5, 2016, Isthmus

Betting on a long-term strategy

The clinics provide pregnancy testing, breast exams, cancer screenings, birth control and health education, among other services. According to the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, the Title X program in Wisconsin served nearly 51,000 residents in 2012, and helped prevent 28,600 unintended pregnancies in 2010. Read more.

January 20, 2016, Rewire

It’s Christie’s Anti-Choice Record—Not His Planned Parenthood Donations—We Should Be Worried About

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) has spent the last few weeks amid a flurry of controversy over an alleged donation he made to Planned Parenthood in the 1990s. But the governor’s record on reproductive health is getting lost amongst the chaos. Read more.

January 5, 2016, Wausau Daily Herald

Resolve to support women’s health

The beginning of a new year often inspires us to kick old habits, break from the status quo and achieve new, meaningful goals. This year, make a commitment for the year ahead to support women’s health and the role family planning health centers have had in the lives of the people in our community. Read more.

January 12, 2016, Lebanon Daily News

Peace of mind comes with getting health insurance

The Affordable Care Act is making a real difference in the lives of women, men and their families in communities across the country, including here in Lebanon County. Read more.

December 29, 2015, Ahwatukee Foothills News

Thomas: Congress needs a reality check

Congress cleared a major hurdle when it reached a bipartisan budget deal last month, but unfortunately that victory could be short-lived. Read more.

December 16, 2015, Glamour

What the Temporary Budget Deal Means for Planned Parenthood and Health Research

Last night new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that a temporary budget deal had been reached, preventing a government shutdown before year’s end. The bill is expected to pass the House and Senate by the end of the week. Read more.

November 6, 2015, U.S. News & World Report

Obamacare and Birth Control to Go Back Before High Court

The Supreme Court for the fourth time will consider a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, agreeing to hear objections to "Obamacare" that again center on birth control. Read more.

November 2015, Homer Tribune

State bill pushes for more medical privacy

Open Enrollment or OE3, for the Affordable Care Act for the 2016 coverage year began Nov. 1, 2015 and ends Jan. 31, 2016. Open enrollment is the only time during the year to select a new health insurance plan for the following year. Read more.

September 8, 2015

Planned Parenthood faces unexpected challenge from Obamacare

Angered by videos in which Planned Parenthood officials discussed compensation for providing fetal tissue from abortions, Republicans in Congress are again demanding an end to government funding for the nearly 100-year-old provider of women’s health services. Read more.

August 14, 2015, The Boston Globe

State bill pushes for more medical privacy

Now, Massachusetts is considering a bill that would give consumers more control over who sees the insurance forms that list their personal health information. If the bill passes, Massachusetts would join four states — California, Colorado, Maryland, and Oregon — that have passed laws addressing the privacy of insurance forms. Read more.

August 13, 2015, New Republic

Planned Parenthood Is Just The Beginning

Since videos emerged last month showing Planned Parenthood staff discussing how they provide fetal tissue and organs to researchers, Republicans have been falling all over themselves to insist that the organization be defunded. Read more.

August 5, 2015, Think Progress

How Jeb Bush Accidentally Expressed The GOP Position On Planned Parenthood

By saying they want to defund the women’s health organization, Republicans are setting up a false dichotomy between Planned Parenthood and community health centers. The two tend to work best together, rather than against one another. Read more.

August 5, 2015, Bustle

Untruths During The Republican Primary Debate — There's A Lot The GOP Candidates Aren't Telling You

The No. 1 issue at hand is the debate over the other services Planned Parenthood provides, which make up about 97 percent of its total expenditures. National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association president Clare Coleman stated on Thursday last week that outside clinics would be unable to handle the surge of patients stemming from closed Planned Parenthood centers if the organization was suddenly defunded. Read more.

August 4, 2015, U.S. News & World Report

Fight Over Planned Parenthood Funding Is Far From Over

Efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding, halted for the moment in the Congress, are expected to intensify in the coming months as anti-abortion lawmakers vow to make it central to the fight over government spending. Read more.

August 3, 2015, The Nation

The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color

Our elected representatives have taken to the airwaves to proclaim they are extremely concerned with the fate of discarded fetal tissue; the fate of the health of poor women? Not so much. Read more.

August 3, 2015, The Huffington Post

What the GOP Is Calling for When They Advocate Defunding Planned Parenthood

Today Senate Republicans are preparing to vote on legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. GOP presidential candidates including Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, and Rand Paul have jumped on the bandwagon, with Paul calling for a stop to "any penny of money" going to the organization. Jeb Bush called for a congressional investigation. Read more.

July 31, 2015, The Washington Post

Senate Republicans accidentally promote abortion

Senate Republicans this week, teeming with righteous indignation, introduced S. 1881, “a bill to prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood of America.” Here’s a better name for it: the Abortion Promotion Act of 2015. Read more.

July 31, 2015, USA Today

Family planning budgets in crisis before Planned Parenthood controversy

Abortion opponents, outraged by a series of hidden-camera videos that depict Planned Parenthood employees discussing fetal tissue donation, have called for Congress to investigate Planned Parenthood and strip the organization of the more than $500 million in federal funding it receives each year. But the controversy over federal funding for Planned Parenthood surfaced long before the videos emerged. Read more.

July 30, 2015, CBS News

Can Congress defund Planned Parenthood?

Senate Republicans unveiled a bill Wednesday that aims to block any federal dollars from reaching Planned Parenthood. The legislation is a response to a series of undercover videos produced by anti-abortion activists who claim the organization is selling fetal tissue to researchers. (Planned Parenthood says the costs are only related to handling of the tissue donations, and it has done nothing wrong.) Read more. 

July 29, 2015, The Wall Street Journal

Senate Republicans Tout Bill to Cut Federal Funds to Planned Parenthood

Antiabortion Republican senators touted a bill Wednesday that would cut government funds to Planned Parenthood, intensifying the furor over a hidden-camera video depicting technicians at a Planned Parenthood facility gathering fetal tissue for use in research. Read more.

July 29, 2015, Reuters

Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute

Senate Republicans seeking to cut all funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood over the alleged sale of aborted fetal tissue offered on Wednesday to divert the money to other providers of women's health. Read more.

June 28, 2015, IndyStar

Don't cut birth control funding

The nation's family planning program, Title X, is at risk of being eliminated, under a funding proposal released in the U.S. House of Representatives. This harmful measure would have a devastating impact on the nearly 4.6 million Americans across the country, including 35,000 in Indiana, who may no longer have access to high-quality family planning and sexual health care services, including contraception, counseling, STD services and cancer screenings. Read more.

June 23, 2015, The Huffington Post

Senate Takes Aim At Family Planning, Teen Pregnancy Prevention

A week after the House of Representatives proposed eliminating the entire Title X federal family planning program and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, the Senate proposed keeping the programs, but slashing their funding. Read more.

 

June 17, 2015, Think Progress

House Republicans Propose Stripping Family Planning Services From Millions Of Low-Income Women

House Republicans released a budget proposal this week that would eliminate funding for the Title X program, a decades-old network of family planning providers offering birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing, and reproductive health treatment to millions of low-income women across the country. Read more.

June 17, 2015, The Huffington Post

House Funding Bill Puts Family Planning, Public Health in Peril

On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee released its draft fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) funding bill, which is scheduled to be considered by the Labor-HHS subcommittee tomorrow. Along with cutting billions of dollars in spending for critical health and other programs, many of which will cost the federal government far more than the bill's drafters purport to save, the bill represents a full-scale assault on low-income women's access to essential health care. Read more.

June 17, 2015, Public Health Newswire

Reproductive health challenges persist 50 years after Griswold v. Connecticut

Fifty years after a landmark public health victory handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, Americans are not getting the reproductive health care they need, according to panelists at a Washington, D.C. briefing in June. Read more.

June 16, 2015, RH Reality Check

House GOP Tries to Eliminate Public Funding for Family Planning

A month after voting to ban abortion after 20 weeks’ gestation, House Republicans went after reproductive health again on Tuesday by trying to cut all funding for a key federal family planning program. Read more.

June 16, 2015, Salon

Hobby Lobby on steroids: GOP guts family planning in latest crusade against reproductive health
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released a fiscal year 2016 funding proposal that, among its many provisions, dismantles the Affordable Care Act, eliminates funding for the Title X family planning program and includes something called the Health Care Conscience Rights Act that is essentially Hobby Lobby on steroids. Read more.

June 16, 2015, The Huffington Post
House GOP Proposal Axes Family Planning Program
"An elimination of Title X would have a devastating impact on the 4.7 million Americans who may no longer have access to high-quality, patient-centered family planning and sexual health care services," said Clare Coleman, CEO and president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, an advocacy group for family planning providers. "For many of these women and men, a Title X-funded health center is their only access point to the health system and the only health care they receive all year." Read more.

June 8, 2015, Think Progress

How Five Decades Of Legal Birth Control Have Changed Americans’ Lives

As the Griswold decision reaches its 50th anniversary, however, there’s some evidence that Americans are starting to make connections between the personal and political nature of birth control. A poll released last week by the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association found that a broad majority of registered voters agree that access to birth control “plays an essential role in improving community health.” Read more.

June 4, 2015, The Hill

Some respect wanted for women 

Why in 2015 is contraception so controversial?  It prevents millions of unintended pregnancies, saves billions of taxpayer dollars annually, and empowers women. It’s outrageous that in 2015 federal legislation as well as court decisions erect barriers between a women and her family planning care. Local and federal governments seem to be working overtime to figure out more ways to restrict and sabotage this constitutional right that was affirmed half a century ago with Griswold. Read More.

March 9, 2015, USA Today

Supreme Court closely divided on Obamacare's future 

The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday during heated arguments over President Obama's health care law, but questions from Justice Anthony Kennedy gave proponents hope the statute will be upheld. Read More.

March 8, 2015, Wall Street Journal

Live Blog: Supreme Court Hears King v. Burwell Health-Law Case

The Supreme Court hears arguments over tax credits Wednesday morning, in a case that will shape the future of the Affordable Care Act. The King v. Burwell case is a legal challenge to the tax credits in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The decision, expected in June, could be among the most significant for the high court in recent years. Read more.

March 6, 2015, Bustle

"Save Her Care" Activists Crowd SCOTUS' Steps In Fierce Support Of Reproductive Rights 

On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., reproductive rights activists gathered on the Supreme Court building steps as inside, the nine justices heard arguments on a case that could undo a segment of America’s health care system. King v. Burwell is the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and depending on how the nine justices swing, the case could impact between 7.5 and 10 million Americans. Read more.

March 5, 2015, Modern Healthcare

Healthcare law's defenders and foes rally before high-stakes arguments

On a cold morning that threatened rain, hundreds of concerned citizens, politicians, healthcare providers and activists gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to voice their hopes for how the justices will vote after hearing arguments in a case that could unravel healthcare reform. Read more.

March 3, 2015, The Huffington Post

At the Supreme Court, Women's Health in the Balance

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on King v. Burwell, a case challenging the federal government's ability to offer financial subsidies to people in states with a federally facilitated marketplace under the Affordable Care Act. While much of the national attention has centered on the far-reaching consequences the case could have on the millions Americans who have gained access to coverage thanks to the law, women, in particular, stand to lose the most. Read more.

February 27, 2015, Salon

Let them have herpes and breast cancer! GOP’s family planning plan without the spin

One of Chris Christie’s biggest boasts at CPAC on Thursday was about his “pro-life” bona fides. (His other big brag: His habit of telling people to shut up.) “I just stand on my record,” he told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. “I’m pro-life. I ran on a pro-life platform in 2009. I vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times out of the New Jersey budget.” Read more.

February 26, 2015, Think Progress

The Human Costs Of Chris Christie’s Attack On Planned Parenthood

On the first day of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, right-wing attendees gathered to discuss how to get pro-life Republicans elected in blue states. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was held up as a prime example — applause erupting to praise the potential presidential contender for vetoing funding for Planned Parenthood five times over the past five years. Read more.

February 5, 2015, Governing

A Race to the Bottom for Medicaid

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, nearly 9 million more people have enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Combined with the gains made through marketplace coverage for people with higher incomes, experts forecast that the number of Americans without health insurance will drop from 45 million in 2012 to as few as 23 million by 2023. Amid all that good news, however, there are troubling efforts that could deny some of the neediest among us the health care they need. Read more.

December 18, 2014, Think Progress

The Devastating Consequences Of Chipping Away At Family Planning Programs

Most of the patients who rely on these health centers are low-income and uninsured and would struggle to get that care elsewhere. Others may have private insurance, but prefer the confidentiality of the family planning network.Clare Coleman, the president and CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, which represents Title X providers, is worried about being able to reach the Americans who need those services the most. Read More.