Trump’s New Policy On Planned Parenthood Protects Taxpayers

President Donald Trump holds up a signed letter he wrote to a member of the U.S. Military on Monday, April 17, 2017, during the 139th Easter Egg Roll at the White House, in Washington, D.C. This was the first Easter Egg Roll of the Trump Administration. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
President Donald Trump holds up a signed letter he wrote to a member of the U.S. Military on Monday, April 17, 2017, during the 139th Easter Egg Roll at the White House, in Washington, D.C. This was the first Easter Egg Roll of the Trump Administration. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

By 1600 Daily Staff

In a bold policy shift, President Trump is acting through the Department of Health and Human services to untangle women’s health services from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood, which would slash federal funds from the abortion giant.

From Townhall.com:

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The Department of Health and Human Services will introduce new regulations Friday requiring health clinics providing abortion to choose between keeping abortion services or losing taxpayer funding through grants.

“American taxpayers want out of the abortion business,” a senior administration official said during a phone call Friday morning. “Abortion is not family planning.”

Officials say the “Protect Life Rule” is not necessarily a defunding of Planned Parenthood, unless they choose to continue providing abortion services while accepting taxpayer funding. The abortion giant currently received $500 million in taxpayer money.

The goal is to disentangle family planning services from abortion and officials argue new regulations are a “prohibition of abortion as a method of family planning” and “would better protect victims of sexual assault, incest and rape.

Pro-life advocates Susan B.Anthony’s List argue that only 4 percent of Planned Parenthood’s funding originates from Title X appropriations. Planned Parenthood argues the new rules would impact 2.4 million customers, even though this money is a small fraction of their revenue. The move by President Trump not only safeguards taxpayers whop are on the hook for the funds, but also returns to the pro-life ethic of the laws, such as the Hyde Amendment, that prevent such a practice on the basis of conscience.

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James L Hess
James L Hess
5 years ago

Take the 535 MILLION dollars and invest in ARMED guardS at schools across America

Diane Smithgo
Diane Smithgo
5 years ago

Kiss, kiss, smooch , smooch. Can’t express America’s gratitude enough to finally look forward to this evil being addressed, Planned Parenthood, by removing its major source of income – other than its sales of pieces of babies. Giving these ‘contract murderers’ $500 million a year is so contrary to American bioethics! Please proceed quickly! The number of lives you save are immense. Do it to somehow respect the aborted lives of 60 million children.

Jess Thinkin
Jess Thinkin
5 years ago

This is a good day!

Bob Hunt
Bob Hunt
5 years ago

Defund planned parenthood now!

Donald Mccormick
Donald Mccormick
5 years ago

I AGREE with this article that IF they want to do Abortions then they do NOT NEED to get PAID for it by the government and IF they want the government funding then they do NOT need to do Abortions and they then can STICK to their PLANNED parenthood agenda to help the people to STAY out of trouble.
If the person asking for help from the PLANNED PArenthood then they can direct them to an abortion clinic if THAT is what they want.

Robert Peters
Robert Peters
5 years ago

In addition to armed guards, metal detectors at all entrances and student ID cards with magnetic strips which could be scanned to verify their status, for student arrivals at the start of the day and after lunch hour. All doors except one near the office locked to prevent entrance at other times. All visitors to check-in at the office before being allowed entrance. These measures were used in the 1970s when I was teaching in middle schools and high schools because of drug trafficking and gang-related crime, and are normal now for entrance to DMVs, courthouses, US Congressional office buildings and government buildings, most military installations, and airports, but our kids’ schools are protected by signs that say something like “this is a gun-free zone, no firearms allowed.”

Donald Mccormick
Donald Mccormick
5 years ago

The ONLY abortion that the government SHOULD have to PAY for is an ABORTION that IS the result of RAPE or INCEST or if the BIRTH could cause the DEATH of the mother and then ONLY if they can NOT pay for it themselves.

Madeleine Donaldson
Madeleine Donaldson
5 years ago

Amen! Promiscuity is the problem. Stop sleeping around and go back to gods way of healthy prosperous living .

Gregor
Gregor
5 years ago

Defunding the Abortion trade, within Planned Parenthood, will go along way, in Saving the life of the unborn, and bring back some semblance of sanity, back to this organization, that has many tools still available to it, in helping women make more informed and logical decisions, involving responsible parenting. Both ‘Men’ & Women, need to be more responsible with their ‘interactions’, thus preventing the issue of pregnancy, in the first place. Some would call it.. ‘Planning’ ahead.
Isn’t that what ‘ Planned Parenthood’ is supposedly, suppose to do, in part.?

Moma
Moma
5 years ago

They claim women would lose health care, but they don’t provide real health care, they only provide abortions. It is all about the money not about women. I agree that rape and incest is grounds for a woman to chose an abortion. But just because you or your partner could not be responsible and protect against become pregnant is not grounds for an abortion. Men and women need to take responsibility for their actions.

Kiki
Kiki
5 years ago

That’s right it isn’t family planning, it’s a scheme to do away with populations and someone is pocketing some money, as usual.

Maxx
Maxx
5 years ago

Abolish Rowe vs Wade. The right to kill a physical human being because its existence was not planned or it is a inconvenience should be totally ended. Abortion should not be allowed as a form of birth control. If a women does not want a baby figure out another way. There are lots of options.

MONTY PYTHON
MONTY PYTHON
5 years ago

I agree that no public money should be used to fund abortions; however, this piece, like so many similar, deliberately avoids mentioning the none of the funds pay for any abortions and have not in decades. This type of lie is how the general public came to see us as no better than the Communist Dems.

zee
zee
5 years ago
Reply to  MONTY PYTHON

TOTALLY AGREE = NO PUBLIC FUNDING for ABORTION. EVER. PERIOD. & YES,
i Must Scream w/ALL CAPS. Years of Abortion has Always been a ‘ professional(?) black market’ Operation including ‘private funding’ .
>>> AND, ALL those babie parts used in Vacc’s & More. >>> Lika ‘stem cell’ crap used for’Natural Flavorings’ IN YOUR FOOD/Drink. (ask Pepsi etc. re this matter- buy stocks, as well. ‘ ala ‘naturalflavorings’ Is One reason Why many ppl get ‘addicted’ to certain foods/drink. Baseline – & i’ll Say it. Eating/drinking ‘other human parts’
assimilated/adjusted in labs. The Gross word Begins w/ ‘C anna b’ sm’. Does AnyOne Here Understand that – including POTUS. Oh Yes -please do DD re AdrenoChrome shots & ‘ > Who Want more ‘horrific’ Info ??? Yes, Highly Taboo. & Takes Big Guts/ Intestinal
Fortitude’ to Handle the ‘Truth’.

zee
zee
5 years ago
Reply to  zee

post slightly altered AFTER > WHO< takes "adrenochrome shots".

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