Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is set to freeze tens of millions of dollars assigned to Planned Parenthood in Title X family-planning grants, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The freeze is temporary for now so that HHS can ensure the funds aren’t being used to violate President Trump’s order banning DEI.
Here’s more from WSJ:
The Trump administration is moving to freeze tens of millions of dollars in federal family-planning grants to certain organizations while it investigates whether the money was used for diversity efforts, people familiar with the matter said.The groups that would be subject to the freeze, which include Planned Parenthood affiliates, were set to get about $120 million this year.
The freeze, which could be made public as soon as this week, would suspend funding meant to support, in the U.S., pregnancy testing, provision of contraception, treatment of sexually transmitted infections and evaluation and counseling for infertility.
An HHS spokesman said the department was reviewing grant recipients to make sure they comply with President Trump’s executive orders.
The Department of Health and Human Services distributes the funds under its program known as Title X. The $120 million is roughly half the money available for the program for the year, according to the HHS website. The program gives free or discounted services to about four million people annually through a network of roughly 4,000 clinics.
Planned Parenthood clinics in about a dozen states were set to receive roughly $20 million in family-planning grants this year.
During the freeze, the department plans to examine whether the funds were used for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the people said.
Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office directing his administration to scrub DEI efforts from all corners of the federal government.
HHS could later decide to fully rescind the grants or reallocate the money to other organizations.
If any organization deserves to be defunded, it’s the evil baby-killing Planned Parenthood.
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