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The Trump Administration Is Set to Cut Off Federal Funding to Clinics That Offer Abortions

The White House plans to announce a rule today that would bar federal funds from going to any clinic that provides abortions or refers their patients to abortion providers.

Francie Diep

A woman sits in the exam room at a Planned Parenthood health center on in West Palm Beach, Florida.

News in Brief

Planned Parenthood Sues the Trump Administration for Proposing Conservative Changes to Its Grant Program

Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration Wednesday in an effort to block conservative changes to Title X, a family planning grant program.

Ashley Hackett

Social Justice

How Trump’s Reinstatement of the Gag Rule Could Harm Women Around the World

The provision disallows non-governmental organizations that receive U.S. funding from advocating for abortion as a means of family planning.

Tina Deines

News in Brief

What Family Planning Worldwide Might Look Like With a President Trump

The president-elect’s stance on reproductive health makes a big difference to contraceptive access for people at home and…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

How Long-Acting Birth Control Can Help End Poverty

IUDs and other methods of long-acting reversible contraception offer to help millions of women escape poverty—so why aren’t…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Family Planning Subsidies Save Taxpayer Money

In the recent federal budget battle, Planned Parenthood’s government stipend was on the chopping block, even though family planning saves lots of money down the road.

Emily Badger

Social Justice

Make Health Care, Not Birth Control, the Priority

Claiming that our inbred propensity to war can be prevented by aggressively reducing the birth rate is a de facto declaration of war on the world's poor.

Steven W. Mosher

Social Justice

Make Birth Control, Not War

The human tendency toward war is based on biology, but the right family planning policies can redirect the world toward peace.

Thomas Hayden and Malcolm Potts

Economics

We Are Accused of Over-cheerfulness

Letters to the editor: OK, bucko, step outside and say we're afraid of population growth. Go ahead. See what happens.

Miller-McCune Readers