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Report: Trump Administration Has Found A Way To Cut Some Planned Parenthood Funding

John Bickley

The Trump administration believes they’ve found a way to cut some taxpayer funding that’s being funneled to America’s leading provider of abortion, Planned Parenthood. According to an official who spoke with the Weekly Standard, the administration will propose a rule that would prevent some $260 million annually in Title X funds marked for contraception and other “family planning” initiatives from lining the pockets of abortion providers.

“The proposal would require a bright line of physical as well as financial separation between Title X programs and any program (or facility) where abortion is performed, supported, or referred for as a method of family planning,” an administration official told the Weekly Standard.

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