Trump’s attacking women again, this time with an assault on Title X

Birth Control. STD Testing. Wellness Exams. Cervical Cancer Screenings.

That’s what the Trump Administration and some Virginia congressman are attacking this time.

Let’s start here. Title X is great.

Title X helps provide essential preventative healthcare

Title X is the only federal program that provides funding for reproductive healthcare and family planning—services such as birth control, cancer screenings, and other preventative healthcare. Four million people rely on this investment into our local communities through Title X funding every year and those four million people may not be able to access basic healthcare without it.

Many of these women who are low-income and/or women of color. It is their right to preventative healthcare that is being threatened by a bunch of white men. It’s shocking, isn’t it, that all these men are out of touch with the needs of women of color? ? #ElectMoreWomen

Trump’s administration is working to keep people from accessing birth control and reproductive health care.

A recently proposed rule from Health and Human Services would

  1. Prevent women from getting healthcare their already trusted providers
  2. Stops providers from referring patients for safe, legal abortion (yes you read that correctly, doctors would not be able to refer for their patients for a legal medical procedure)
  3. Ignores the guarantee that patients receive accurate and complete information about their healthcare.

How would you feel if you knew your doctor was prohibited from informing you about your pregnancy choices? Share your thoughts with us.

Title X is the Only Source of Healthcare for 42,000 Virginia Women

In Virginia, 70,000 women rely on Title X services every year. Sixty percent (42,000) of women who receive healthcare from a Title X-funded provider consider it to be their primary source of healthcare. More than 60% of Title X patients are at or below the federal poverty line, and Title X patients are disproportionately women of color.

Is it worth mentioning that for every dollar the federal government spends on family planning, $7 is saved? It seems worth mentioning to a few members of the GOP (Trump never has been any good at math).

You Can Protect Family Planning, and Title X

HHS is accepting public comments on the proposed Title X rule until July 31.

If you care about women’s health, join us in this fight to protect our health, our rights, and our access to care.

NOTE: Progress Virginia will forward your comments to HHS. By submitting a public comment, you acknowledge that your comment and the information you submit will be visible as part of the public record, including online by HHS or other federal agencies.

    I am concerned that the proposed rule to revise Title X regulations would limit access to trusted healthcare providers, and prevent people from accessing basic preventative healthcare. Four million people rely on Title X funding for affordable reproductive healthcare, including birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, and wellness exams.
    The proposed rule would prohibit trusted Title X-funded healthcare providers from referring patients for abortions, and lets doctors keep information from their patients about options during pregnancy.
    This domestic gag rule would have a devastating affect on our health in this country. I oppose this proposed rule, and all policies that would interfere with access to preventative healthcare. HHS must stop this rule now.