Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era abortion referral rule
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the proposed regulation to reverse the Trump administration’s rule blocking providers in the Title X family planning program from referring patients for the procedure.
“Those rules have undermined the public health of the population the program is meant to serve,” HHS said in a statement.
Federal courts have been split on the Trump administration’s regulation, which critics call a “gag rule” and proponents say better aligns with Title X program requirements that bar the funds from being used for abortion. The Hyde Amendment still bars federal funding from covering abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is at risk.
Biden rolls back Trump’s anti-abortion curbs on family planning funds
The proposed overhaul erases restrictions on abortion providers that Democrats derided as a gag rule.
The move stems from a pledge Biden made as a candidate, followed by an executive order he signed shortly after taking office directing HHS to review the Trump administration’s Title X rule. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
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The Biden administration on Wednesday moved to unwind former President Donald Trump’s anti-abortion restrictions on federal family planning funds.
New rules proposed Wednesday would largely return the Title X program to its pre-Trump formation, allowing more abortion clinics to participate in a program that provides free or subsidized contraception and other health services to about 4 million low-income Americans each year.
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