The Department of Health and Human Services said its new regulation will restore the federal family planning program to the way it ran under the Obama administration, when clinics were able to refer women seeking abortions to a provider. The goal is to "strengthen and restore" services, said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Planned Parenthood, the biggest service provider, said on Twitter its health centres look forward to returning. But the group criticized part of the Biden administration rule that allows individual clinicians who object to abortion not to provide referrals. The administration said that's "in accordance with applicable federal law."
But religious and social conservatives praised the policy for imposing a strict separation between family planning services and abortion. Under federal law, clinics cannot use federal family planning money to pay for abortions. However, abortion opponents argue that birth control funding for organizations like Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of abortions, amounts to an indirect subsidy.
Combined with service disruptions due to COVID-19 shutdowns, "this has just been a massive one-two punch to the system," said Coleman.
My body my choice, except for when it comes to chemicals injected into your arm
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Strengthen resources? Of course. The Elites need the aborted babies for stem cells, rituals, food enhancement and other morbid uses. You naive women. Keep on believing that you're doing what's right for you. savethebabies