Planned Parenthood opened the Fairview Heights Health Center in Fairview Heights, Illinois, in 2019, anticipating an influx of patients from across the region. (Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP.)
Planned Parenthood (U.S. organization of reproductive health clinics) has criticized the suspension of certain grants by the Donald Trump administration, a decision that it claims could cause "devastation" for patients benefiting from its services, which include contraception, pregnancy tests, and cancer screenings.
On Monday, Planned Parenthood announced that nine of its branches had been informed by the Trump administration that it would stop funding the federal program "Title X" starting April 1.
The loss of these resources would result in "undetected cancers, severely reduced access to contraception, and a worsening STD crisis," the organization's president, Alexis McGill Johnson, warned in a statement.
Current Vice President JD Vance had announced during the presidential campaign that Trump, if elected, would cease funding the clinics, arguing that "taxpayers should not pay for late-term abortions."
Since returning to the White House, Trump, who is openly opposed to abortion, has made efforts to cut public spending, with the help of a government efficiency committee led by Elon Musk.
"President Trump and Elon Musk are imposing their dangerous political agenda, depriving people across the country of access to care, without caring one bit about the devastation they will cause," criticized Alexis McGill Johnson.
"This administration is once again putting women's lives at risk and depriving those with the most limited resources of access to basic reproductive health," declared Washington State Senator Patty Murray.
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