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Opponents of Planned Parenthood in recent years have cut funding to the organization that goes through the Title X Family Planning Program, which provides federal money for services like contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections and cancer screenings. (Like all federal programs, it is largely barred from paying for abortions.) State and local governments distribute that money to health care providers, and at least 14 states took actions to cut the share they direct to Planned Parenthood.

This month, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that could stop states from doing this. The rule would make clear that state governments must apportion Title X funds based on a provider's ability to perform family planning services effectively - not on other factors like whether a provider also offers abortions.

State efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of Title X funds have hurt low-income residents, who are likely to depend on Planned Parenthood clinics for free or low-cost health services. In New Hampshire, for instance, the state's Executive Council voted in 2011 not to renew Planned Parenthood's contract under Title X, leaving parts of the state with no federally funded family planning services until the Department of Health and Human Services stepped in with an emergency grant three months later. Fortunately, the council voted in June to restore funding.

In 2011, Texas cut its state family planning budget and changed the way it allocated Title X funds to significantly reduce grants to Planned Parenthood and other "abortion-affiliated providers." More than 75 clinics, a third operated by Planned Parenthood, closed as a result.

Title X also provides funding to reduce maternal mortality, which remains stubbornly high across the country. In Texas, the maternal mortality ratio - maternal deaths per 100,000 live births - doubled between 2000 and 2014.

Some state lawmakers have argued that community health centers can easily provide the same family planning services that Planned Parenthood offers. But a study published this year found that providers focused on reproductive health care, like Planned Parenthood, offered a wider range of family planning services and higher quality care than centers without an emphasis on reproductive health.

Planned Parenthood also serves an enormous number of patients; though it operates only 10 percent of all health centers that receive Title X funds, it treats about a third of all patients receiving federally funded family planning services nationwide.

The proposed Health and Human Services rule will be open for public comment for 30 days, after which the department will decide whether to issue a final version. If the rule takes effect, it will benefit people all over the country who need reliable reproductive health care.

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A18 of the New York edition with the headline: A Way to Protect Planned Parenthood Services. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Opinion | A Way to Protect Planned Parenthood Services

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Opponents of Planned Parenthood in recent years have cut funding to the organization that goes through the Title X Family Planning Program, which provides federal money for services like contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections and cancer screenings. (Like all federal programs, it is largely barred from paying for abortions.)

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AKRON, Ohio - A nurse took Tiara Thurman's blood pressure at the Planned Parenthood health center in Akron. Ms. Thurman, 24, was at the clinic this week to get Depo-Provera, an injectable form of birth control that works for three months. The nurse asked Ms. Thurman about her family history, allergies and history of surgeries and pregnancy - she has a daughter, now 2. The nurse offered Ms. Thurman free condoms.

After that, a nurse practitioner came in to ask a few more questions and administer the shot. Looking through Ms. Thurman's medical history, the nurse practitioner said Ms. Thurman was young and healthy.

"Young and tired," Ms. Thurman joked.

The shot, in the hip, is quick. "One, two, three, big poke!" said the nurse practitioner. "Sorry, dear. All done."

State budget cuts to Planned Parenthood, signed into law last month by Gov. John Kasich, won't affect the organization's ability to provide birth control to women like Ms. Thurman. But they could put a stop to a Planned Parenthood program that provides free testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. And the organization might have to stop offering sex education to teenagers in the juvenile justice system and foster care, and home visits to new moms to help prevent infant mortality.

These programs were paid for by grants from the Ohio Department of Health, which is barred under the new law from giving grants to any group that "performs or promotes" abortions. The law is one of many efforts across the country to cut off state money to Planned Parenthood, efforts that could become more common - and more successful - if a Republican, like Mr. Kasich, wins the presidency in November.

The Akron health center does not provide abortions, though it does refer patients to abortion clinics elsewhere. The staff also makes referrals for prenatal care and adoption services.

"We're proud of all the services we offer, including abortion services, but it's important for people to understand the entire landscape of Planned Parenthood," said Kelly Novak, director of education and outreach for Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio.

Many don't. Harriet Schaefer, who has worked for Planned Parenthood for 30 years and is now the practice manager of the Akron center, said opponents ignore the other services and focus single-mindedly on abortion. "That's all you hear: We're going to defund Planned Parenthood because of abortion," she said. "What you just defunded was education."

It's no surprise if people have misconceptions about Planned Parenthood, since the group was the target last summer of a campaign of lies by the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group that accused the organization of selling fetal tissue for profit. Multiple investigations have found no evidence of this.

Ms. Schaefer said that more than 200 protesters showed up at the clinic in a single day after the release of hidden-camera videos purporting to show discussions of fetal tissue sales, though the clinic generally draws few protesters.

State legislators eagerly bought the lies and stripped Planned Parenthood of funding. They say patients can get health services elsewhere. But, said State Representative Dan Ramos, a Democrat, Planned Parenthood was awarded state grants because it could provide the most service for the least money. Reallocating the grants to other organizations essentially ensures inefficiency and more limited services. And it's bad for patients who have to find new health care providers.

"If someone doesn't know where to turn," Mr. Ramos said, "they know that Planned Parenthood provides a service that they might need."

For Ms. Thurman, Planned Parenthood means ease, convenience, openness. "Anything you need, they can help you with," she said. "I like it here."

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A22 of the New York edition with the headline: What Planned Parenthood Really Does. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Opinion | What Planned Parenthood Really Does

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AKRON, Ohio - A nurse took Tiara Thurman's blood pressure at the Planned Parenthood health center in Akron. Ms. Thurman, 24, was at the clinic this week to get Depo-Provera, an injectable form of birth control that works for three months.

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Kansas appeals Planned Parenthood case to US Supreme Court

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State courts have ruled against such restrictions specifically for Medicaid reimbursements, citing the legal right of low-income beneficiaries to seek care where they choose. And the Obama administration warned in April that all states withholding Medicaid payments from Planned Parenthood affiliates would be "out of compliance with federal law."

But Title X family-planning money is a separate matter. Grants go directly to states and nongovernmental organizations, which then distribute money among health care providers seeking funds for such services. The new rule says that states cannot withhold money from potential recipients for any reason unrelated to their ability to provide the family-planning services.

"This rule will strengthen access to essential services like cancer screenings and contraception for some of the most vulnerable patients in this country," Dr. Karen A. Scott, chief medical officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.

Dr. Scott added that "public comments showed overwhelming support for finalizing the rule" - 91 percent of the roughly 145,000 responses received since September, according to department officials.

The 30-page rule was posted on Wednesday morning on the website of the Federal Register, the government's official journal. It will not take effect, however, until Jan. 18, 30 days after the rule appears in the paper version of the Register.

According to the department, repealing the rule would require a new rule-making process, or a joint resolution of disapproval by the House and Senate, with concurrence by the new president.

Advocates of reproductive rights acknowledged that prospect was a real one. "This fight is not over," Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, said in a statement.

Anti-abortion groups urged the president-elect to rescind the rule "immediately after taking office," as Steven H. Aden, senior counsel of the Alliance Defending Freedom, put it in a statement.

Republicans in Congress and state legislatures have singled out Planned Parenthood for years because its network is the single largest provider of abortions, though about half of affiliated clinics do not perform them. The effort to starve Planned Parenthood of funding picked up in mid-2015, after anti-abortion activists began posting videos online that surreptitiously recorded local Planned Parenthood officials and were heavily edited to suggest their affiliates were illegally profiting from selling fetal parts to scientific researchers.

Anti-abortion lawmakers have argued that community health centers can provide the care that is now provided to many low-income and uninsured people by Planned Parenthood. But groups representing those centers have disputed that. They say the centers are already overtaxed, and, because they treat health issues of all kinds, are often unable to provide the full range of family-planning services that Planned Parenthood offers.

About 10 percent of health centers that receive Title X family-planning money are Planned Parenthood affiliates. But they treat about one-third of all patients receiving such services, according to records.

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Obama Bars States From Denying Federal Money to Planned Parenthood

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State courts have ruled against such restrictions specifically for Medicaid reimbursements, citing the legal right of low-income beneficiaries to seek care where they choose. And the Obama administration warned in April that all states withholding Medicaid payments from Planned Parenthood affiliates would be "out of compliance with federal law."

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In a statement on Tuesday night, the office of Gov. Greg Abbott said, "Texans expect that when taxpayer dollars are granted to health care providers, it is only to those who demonstrate that the health and safety of their patients come before a profit motive that puts women at greater risk."

The termination notice, signed by the inspector general, Stuart W. Bowen Jr., cited violations that found Planned Parenthood was unqualified to provide medical services "in a professionally competent, safe, legal and ethical manner."

The notice cited "extensive undercover video" obtained from a Planned Parenthood center in April 2015. The secretly recorded videos purported to show officials trying to illegally profit from the sale of aborted fetal tissue and discussing the issue with abortion opponents who posed as representatives of a biomedical firm. Planned Parenthood has said that the videos were deceptively edited and that the group did nothing illegal or unethical.

Representatives from the Health and Human Services Commission and the inspector general could not be immediately reached on Tuesday night about the timing of the notice.

Planned Parenthood has 15 days to file an administrative appeal. A spokeswoman said the group was evaluating whether to pursue an appeal in addition to seeking relief in federal court.

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Medicaid Funding to End for Planned Parenthood in Texas, State Says

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In a statement on Tuesday night, the office of Gov. Greg Abbott said, "Texans expect that when taxpayer dollars are granted to health care providers, it is only to those who demonstrate that the health and safety of their patients come before a profit motive that puts women at greater risk."

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Hospitalized & Disabled Veterans And Fallen Heroes

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Paul Ryan: I want women to get the kind of Planned Parenthood and medical care they need

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At a CNN town hall, House Speaker Paul Ryan addresses Planned Parenthood and medical care for women. - LoneWolf & The Three Muskadoggies(◑_◑) "Please....Remember Our Homeless. Hospitalized & Disabled Veterans And Fallen Heroes! Thank You...America!" "The Lord Giveth And The Lord Taketh. Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord! Amen."

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Ryan: Redirect Planned Parenthood Tax Dollars to Community Health Centers

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Jan. 12, 2017 - CNN held a Town Hall meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan where he discussed the need to redirect tax dollars from the Nation's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, to community health centers that provide comprehensive healthcare for women.

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Cory Booker on GOP Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood: "we must stand up and fight"

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Paul Ryan: House Speaker

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This cartoon demonstrates the hypocritical thinking of some democrats who claim Donald Trump is a horrible person. Meanwhile these people are supporting an organization that sells baby body parts for profit.

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This political cartoon is stating that Planned Parenthood organizations are corrupt and support the women having abortions. Yet these women are deceived and don't realize they are killing a human and therefor shouldn't even see the ultrasounds.

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Extreme politicians want to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers. This is the biggest battle we have ever faced - and we need you with us. Say you stand with Planned Parenthood.
A new Congress was just sworn in - which means we are entering the most dangerous moment in Planned Parenthood's history. That's saying a lot given the immense fights Planned Parenthood has faced over the last 100 years.

Why Planned Parenthood is Under Attack Like Never Before

The federal government is now in the hands of extreme lawmakers who have tried for years to ban abortion and shut down Planned Parenthood health centers. Their attacks are just a part of a larger, extreme agenda to ban abortion entirely and cut women off from care. They now have the power to make their dangerous agenda a reality. And they are are dead set on blocking 2.5 million people a year from accessing care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

You heard that right: If extreme politicians succeed, millions will lose the care they rely on each year - with people of color, those with low incomes, and folks in rural areas most affected.

Without the promise of a presidential veto, there's only one thing that can stop this destructive agenda: Us. You, me, and millions of Planned Parenthood supporters locked arm in arm. Our voices have never been more important - and we need to get loud now.

With your signature, you're telling Congress that you're a part of the majority of Americans who oppose blocking patients from care care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

We Won't Back Down

It's going to take all of us standing together to defend reproductive health and rights in the face of this latest attack. And that solidarity is already happening: Since the election Planned Parenthood supporters have stepped up in some amazing ways, donating their time, money, and resources to prepare us for the battle to come. Now that battle is here - and I'm ready to fight like hell.

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This is It: Time to Stand With Planned Parenthood in the Fight of Our Lives

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Extreme politicians want to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers. This is the biggest battle we have ever faced - and we need you with us. Say you stand with Planned Parenthood. A new Congress was just sworn in - which means we are entering the most dangerous moment in Planned Parenthood's history.

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