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(NewsNation) — The Trump medication is poised to spot an contiguous clasp connected $27.5 cardinal successful family-planning grants, the Wall Street Journal archetypal reported.
The backing frost — spurred by an probe into whether Title X organizations utilized backing for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes — would travel from the Health and Human Services Department, according to the journal's reporting.
If enacted, the frost would chopped much than 20% of the $120 cardinal dollars earmarked for family-planning organizations, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, an unnamed HHS spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.
Action from the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led bureau would impact a web of 4,000 clinics astir the country. Millions beryllium connected Title X clinics for escaped and discounted healthcare services, including gestation tests, contraception, counseling and crab screenings, according to HHS data.
Planned Parenthood and its affiliates person called the imaginable clasp shameful.
"This is blackmail. President Trump and Elon Musk are holding Planned Parenthood patients hostage by slashing funds from commencement power providers who person Title X grants," president and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson told NewsNation successful a statement.
HHS is reportedly reviewing grants to marque definite they're successful enactment with President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down connected DEI — making bully connected an executive bid Trump signed during his archetypal hours of presidency.
According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, a determination to suspend backing could travel by the extremity of this week.
An HHS authoritative told NewsNation nary last decisions connected spending changes for Planned Parenthood person been made. They did not clarify a timeline for a decision.
