Rhode Island health centers received more than $700,000 dollars in federal funds to provide family planning services to low income patients for the year starting September 2018. That Title X funding could now be compromised by regulations against counseling patients on abortions, but some providers say services will continue anyway. The Trump Administration said earlier […]
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RI, MA Join Multi-State Lawsuit Over Title X Family Planning Funding
Rhode Island and Massachusetts are part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general who Tuesday filed suit to block changes by the Trump administration to Title X funding. That funding pays for prenatal care, contraception, and cancer screenings at 26 health centers in Rhode Island.