Planned Parenthood Calls for Full Funding of Family Planning
WASHINGTON, DC — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today roundly criticized the president’s budget for putting politics over women’s health; proposing devastating cuts to funding for Medicaid family planning, which provides access to contraception and other family planning services to low-income women; failing to appropriately fund Title X, America’s family planning program; and increasing funding for ineffective abstinence-only programs.
“The president has this budget backwards,” said PPFA President Cecile Richards. “He’s increasing funding for programs that don’t work, and decreasing funding for programs that are proven effective.
