A growing number of patients have spoken out in recent years about how surgeries, performed when they were too young to understand—much less give consent—have deprived them of sexual pleasure, sterilized them, traumatized them, or altered their bodies to reinforce a gender assignment that is not theirs.
So-called crisis pregnancy centers sometimes masquerade as abortion providers and attract patients with offers of free pregnancy tests, but most operate with the over-arching mission of preventing abortions.
"We will be funding the original grantees for the next year under the previous criteria [set by the Obama administration]," a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told the Hill.
"Voters rely on you to stay true to your word, and everything that I’m campaigning on, that’s what I’ll do when I get to Congress," said Deb Haaland, who would be the first Native American woman elected to Congress if she wins in November. "You have to be courageous."
Governors from Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii announced they would reject Title X family planning funding, should the proposed restrictions on abortion care for grantees become policy.
"The good news is Oregon is a pro-choice state and we have a pro-choice electorate. We know that voters largely recognize these attempts to reduce access for what they are."
“We have failed to reach communities of color with services that we know have worked for a broader population, especially for Caucasians, especially for people of higher income."
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