Federal grant pause puts low-cost reproductive health at risk in Ohio

Freeze on $1.8M in Planned Parenthood funds affects 14 CT sites

Fourteen Planned Parenthood sites in Connecticut are affected by a temporary freeze on $1.8 million in federal funding. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, which also has one location in Rhode Island, found out about the pause on March 31. The funding comes from Title X, which funds sexual and reproductive health care for low-income people. It doesn’t fund abortions. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz (D) spoke with advocates at the Capitol on Wed…

State Officials Call For Trump Administration To Disburse Title X Funds for Planned Parenthood

HARTFORD, CT – Elected officials and pro-choice advocates are demanding that the Trump administration release the Title X funds it is withholding, while opponents of Planned Parenthood have questioned whether the organization is truly facing financial hardships. “Over 41,000 residents in our state rely on Title X federal funds at Planned Parenthood of Southern New […]

CT lawmakers, advocates ask federal government to restore Planned Parenthood funding

A Planned Parenthood in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)(Darron Cummings/AP / AP)Fourteen Planned Parenthood sites in Connecticut are affected by a temporary freeze on $1.8 million in federal funding.Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, which also has one location in Rhode Island, found out about the pause on March 31.The funding comes from Title X, which funds sexual and reproductive health care for low-income people. It doesn’t …

Federal health cuts rip $250 million-plus from Columbus and Ohio health research efforts

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, announced a restructuring of the department in late March.

Federal grant pause puts low-cost reproductive health at risk in Ohio

Title X federal grant money is withheld from all Planned Parenthood in Ohio. A Nixon era program that was meant to help low income communities.

Planned Parenthood cuts denounced by state officials, advocates

A group of state lawmakers and maternal health advocates joined Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz and Connecticut U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal in Hartford this morning to demand that federal government officials reverse recently announced $1.8 million in budget cuts to Planned Parenthood in Southern New England (PPSNE).On April 1st, PPSNE announced that they had received notice from the Department of Health and Human Services that their ann…