Until recently, Planned Parenthood has received the largest share of its income from government funding. Though the organization would argue otherwise, cutting even half of Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer-funded income would leave it operable.
One step in doing so comes as the Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration will freeze Department of Health and Human Services family-planning grants as it investigates the funding’s involvement with diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The move would follow President Donald Trump’s executive order “ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.”
Planned Parenthood feels particularly targeted, and rightfully so: Of the groups receiving the soon-frozen $27.5 million worth of HHS grants, Planned Parenthood affiliates collect a considerable sum. In fiscal 2023, the organization received $20.8 million from the
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