Representative Hal Rogers (R-KY), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced a list of 70 spending cuts to be included in the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution bill, including a $327 million elimination of Title X in family planning funds. The Title X family planning program enables 5 million women to access primary and preventive health care, including cancer screenings, and STI testing and treatment.
This would mean NO federal funding for family planning services including birth control, emergency contraceptives, breast and cervical cancer screening, sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment and access to basic health care for millions of low-income women, men and teens.
This is urgent and your help is needed today!
Medical clinics that are funded through Title X now prevent nearly a million unintended pregnancies every year. They save women’s lives through cancer screening, immunization and blood-pressure testing. Publicly supported family planning even saves the government money — $3.74 for every dollar invested. Adagio Health provides quality, affordable reproductive health care to 80,000 women, men, and teens throughout western Pennsylvania each year.
It is of utmost importance that family planning and reproductive rights advocates across the nation be heard today in response to the proposed cuts that would de-fund the program that helps millions of women and teens prevent unintended pregnancy.
Click Here to support family planning funding by urging your representative to vote against any attempt to eliminate Title X funding. Tell your representative to vote “NO” on any effort to prevent women from having access to vital health care services.