For Immediate Release: July 31, 2025
Contact: Kat Mavengere, NFPRHA: kat@mavenpublicaffairs.com

Senate Appropriations Committee Bill Markup Keeps Title X Funding Stagnant

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) issued the following statement from Clare Coleman, NFPRHA’s President & CEO, in response to the Senate Appropriations Committee markup of the Labor-HHS Subcommittee fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding proposal that passed (26-3) out of committee today:

“On behalf of the network of publicly funded family planning providers and administrators across the country, we appreciate the Senate Appropriations Committee’s decision to reject the President’s proposed elimination of the Title X family planning program. This is a crucial step in protecting access to essential health care. However, flat-funding Title X would once again fall short of what’s needed to meet rising demand and sustain the network of family planning providers serving communities across the country. Title X has not seen a meaningful funding increase in more than a decade. Meanwhile, politically motivated attacks during the first Trump Administration, the COVID-19 pandemic, and targeted attacks on providers in 2025 have left Title X in dire straits. Federal data clearly show that many years of underfunding have forced providers to see fewer patients, reduce health center hours, and cut services and staff. 

“The Title X family planning program has provided critical preventive health care for millions for more than half a century. This health care access includes contraception, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, and other preventive services, with priority given to people with low incomes or no other options for care. The federal program is one of the most effective investments we can make in improving public health.

“We urge Congress to invest in Title X to support underserved and low-income people’s ability to make personal choices about their reproductive lives. Family planning care is vital health care.”

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NFPRHA is a membership organization representing publicly funded family planning providers and administrators nationwide. NFPRHA advances and elevates the importance of family planning in the nation’s health care system and promotes and supports the work of family planning providers and administrators, especially those in the safety net. For more information, visit nationalfamilyplanning.org.