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      Planned Parenthood Demands Federal Court Intervene to Stop Trump Attack on Abortion Rights and Title X Program

      Planned Parenthood Demands Federal Court Intervene to Stop Trump Attack on Abortion Rights and Title X Program

      The group announced it would exit the federal program Monday unless the court blocks the administration's "unethical and dangerous" gag rule

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 15, 2019

      Planned Parenthood warned Wednesday that, without intervention from a federal court, it will be forced out of the Title X Family Planning Program next week because of the Trump administration's ban on health clinics receiving federal tax dollars if they provide or refer patients for abortions.

      "We refuse to let the Trump administration bully us into withholding abortion information from our patients."
      --Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood

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      'Devastating, Illegal, and Unethical': Trump Denounced for Imposing Sweeping Attack on Abortion Rights Nationwide

      'Devastating, Illegal, and Unethical': Trump Denounced for Imposing Sweeping Attack on Abortion Rights Nationwide

      Warning of "severe" consequences for reproductive healthcare, critics condemn the Title X gag rule as "blatantly coercive and a violation of medical ethics and patients' rights."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 16, 2019

      After President Donald Trump's administration announced Monday that it would immediately begin enforcing a ban on abortion referrals at clinics that receive federal tax dollars, outraged reproductive rights advocates warned about the impact on healthcare nationwide and vowed to keep fighting against what they call the domestic gag rule.

      "The Title X gag rule is part of a much broader agenda by the Trump administration and its allies to undermine people's reproductive health and rights, and to impose a socially conservative worldview within the U.S. healthcare system."
      --Guttmacher Institute

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      Describing 'Future We Want to Live In'  Scores of Groups Unveil New Blueprint for Reproductive Rights

      Describing 'Future We Want to Live In' Scores of Groups Unveil New Blueprint for Reproductive Rights

      "The last two years," says new agenda, "have seen increasingly hostile attacks on reproductive autonomy and rights"

      Andrea Germanos
      Jul 15, 2019

      Nearly 80 organizations on Monday unveiled a sweeping policy agenda intended to improve sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights.

      "We can do more than fight back--it's time to move forward," women's rights group UltraViolet said in a tweet about the plan.

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