The Trump administration is announcing new regulations today to partially defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses of tens of millions of tax dollars.
This is the second time Trump has taken steps to revoke taxpayer funding for the nation's biggest abortion business -- after yanking taxpayer from from International Planned Parenthood during his first week in office. The United States spends about $260 million in Title X funds annually for family planning for low-income individuals, and Planned Parenthood is a huge recipient of those funds, as much as $50-$60 million annually. But under the proposed “Protect Life Rule,” Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses would not receive any of those tax dollars unless they completely separate their abortion business from their taxpayer-funded services, The Washington Examiner reports. That would mean housing their family planning services elsewhere -- potentially in separate buildings and coordinated by separate staff and
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