Planned Parenthood of N. New England: Trump’s Title X changes will cut our funds by 40 percent

This article by Bob Audette originally appeared June 7 in the Brattleboro Reformer.

BRATTLEBORO — Last year, 72 percent of the patients who visited the Brattleboro office of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had incomes of $24,120 or less.

According to Lucy Leriche, Vice President of Public Policy for PPNNE Vermont, these are the people that will be hurt the most if the Trump Administration’s proposed Title X changes are put into effect.

“What Title X does is provide resources so that low-income people have access to basic and essential health care services,” said Leriche. About 40 percent of PPNNE’s funding comes from Title X, a federal program that funds family planning and related health services.

Under the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services plans to transition its funding to programs that teach abstinence-only and natural family planning (also known as the rhythm method).

Read full story at the Brattleboro Reformer.

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