First post-Roe spending bill includes no funding boost for family planning, angering groups

Dec 20 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

The fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill lawmakers released early Tuesday morning keeps funding flat for the Title X family planning program at $286.5 million for the ninth year in a row, a blow to reproductive health groups that had argued the fall of Roe v. Wade warranted a substantial increase.

NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association blasted the decision.

“At a time of great crisis for reproductive health in this country,...

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