Denise G3d ago

Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing

Title X is a federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with little or no health insurance.

#TitleX

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-changes-pregnancy-prevention-program-promote-childbearing

Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing

A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul.Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with little or no health insurance. Title X money cannot be used for abortions.

News From The States
Home • Missouri Independent [Unofficial]Apr 24

Josh Hawley calls on RFK Jr. to end Title X family planning funds to Missouri’s sole grantee

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://missouriindependent.com/2026/04/24/josh-hawley-rfk-jr-end-title-x-family-planning-funds-missouri-beacon-reproductive-health/

Josh Hawley calls on RFK Jr. to end Title X family planning funds to Missouri’s sole grantee • Missouri Independent

The nonprofit director said without Title X funding, Missouri clinics offering affordable family planning and reproductive health care services could close.

Missouri Independent
WINGS_radioApr 24

Trump administration is now going after Birth Control, says this opinion writer in the Boston Globe:

Republicans target birth control and Title X - Pronatalists, MAHA influencers, and social conservatives are finding common cause against contraception. The Trump administration is listening.

https://globeopinion.substack.com/p/republicans-were-once-afraid-of-birth-control?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6026597&post_id=195294670&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1zi04o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

#GOP #contraception #TitleX

Republicans target birth control and Title X

Pronatalists, MAHA influencers, and social conservatives are finding common cause against contraception. The Trump administration is listening.

Globe Opinion
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"This is also a tactic right out of Project 2025, which laid out a plan to attack reproductive health access by redirecting Title X and other federal dollars from legitimate reproductive health clinics to anti-abortion pregnancy centers."

#Trump #TitleX #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #Project2025 #women #ReproductiveRights
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"We always knew that the anti-abortion movement was not stopping at abortion, and this new guidance is further evidence of their plot to ban birth control by making it impossible to access."

~ Maddy Niziolek

#Trump #TitleX #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #Project2025 #women #ReproductiveRights
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https://theoverreachmonitor.substack.com/p/campus-watch-student-power-meets

Campus Watch: Student Power Meets Catholic Controversy

It’s Commencement (Controversy) Season. What The Trump Administration’s Title X Changes Mean for Catholic Colleges.

The Overreach Monitor: A Catholics for Choice Watchdog
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"But the anti-abortion movement is not, in fact, a movement dedicated to ending abortion. It is a movement dedicated to ending women’s equality."

#Trump #TitleX #women #TeenPregnancies #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #pregnancy #WhiteChristianNationalism #DHS #GreatReplacement #BirthRates
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"The anti-abortion movement generally opposes contraception, and wants it to go the way of legal abortion in the United States.

It may seem odd that a movement ostensibly dedicated to ending abortion would oppose the tools that are the most effective at ending abortion."

~Jill Filipovic

#Trump #TitleX #women #TeenPregnancies #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #pregnancy #WhiteChristianNationalism #DHS #GreatReplacement #BirthRates
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https://www.throughline.news/p/is-trump-taking-taxpayer-dollars

Is Trump Taking Taxpayer Dollars for Contraception and Spending it on Erectile Dysfunction, Porn Addiction, and Faster Sperm?

The only federal program dedicated to family planning for poor women has gotten a "pro-life" MAHA makeover.

Throughline by Jill Filipovic
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"The anti-abortion movement; the MAHA, or Make America Healthy Again, movement; and pronatalists who want to see birthrates rise at nearly any cost."

#Trump #TitleX #women #TeenPregnancies #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #pregnancy #WhiteChristianNationalism #DHS #GreatReplacement #BirthRates
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"Instead of getting highly effective contraception methods to the country’s poorest women so that they may decide if and when to have children, Title X under Mr. Trump seems aimed at getting more women pregnant, whether they want to be or not. And it appears to cater to three influential parts of the Trump coalition:"

#Trump #TitleX #women #TeenPregnancies #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #pregnancy #WhiteChristianNationalism #DHS #GreatReplacement #BirthRates
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William Lindsey Apr 20

"President Trump seems intent on killing Title X. This month, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly issued new funding guidelines that have effectively subverted the program’s entire purpose."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #TitleX #women #TeenPregnancies #abortion #contraception #BirthControl #pregnancy #WhiteChristianNationalism #DHS #GreatReplacement #BirthRates
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/opinion/trump-birth-control.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.t30R.siSO77FL75xu&smid=url-share

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Coming After Birth Control Access in a Terrifying New Way

The new Title X guidance from the Trump administration mentions contraception only once.

The New York Times