{"id":296992,"date":"2019-03-30T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=296992"},"modified":"2019-03-30T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:01:32","slug":"trump-administration-awards-1-7-million-grant-to-anti-abortion-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/03\/trump-administration-awards-1-7-million-grant-to-anti-abortion-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Awards $1.7 Million Grant to Anti-Abortion Clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/436526-trump-administration-awards-17-million-family-planning-grant-to-anti\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p1\">The Trump administration announced Friday it would award a $1.7 million family planning grant to a chain of crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and don\u2019t offer contraceptives, while at the same time cutting funds to some Planned Parenthood affiliates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p2\">The Obria group, which considers itself the \u201cpro-life\u201d version of Planned Parenthood, says it will receive a grant to provide family planning services in California.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293079\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/11\/Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-293079\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/11\/Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_4-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by Gage Skidmore\/Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p2\">The administration\u2019s decision to fund Obria is a signal of its desire to shift family planning funds toward faith-based groups that oppose abortion and away from groups like Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p2\">\u201cMany women want the opportunity to visit a professional, comprehensive health care facility \u2014 not an abortion clinic \u2014 for their health care needs; this grant will give them that choice,\u201d Kathleen Eaton Bravo, founder and CEO of The Obria Group,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/obriagroup.org\/hhs-awards-title-x\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said in a statement<\/a>.<span class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p4\">Obria will oversee the work of seven clinic partners, including three of its affiliates that don\u2019t provide contraceptives or perform abortions, in four California counties, the group said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p4\"><span class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-s2\">Of the other four\u00a0clinics under Obria\u2019s oversight, two will provide contraceptives, but won\u2019t be allowed to use Title X family planning grant program funds to pay for it, the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3516795261577566364gmail-p4\">\u201cNone of the funds under this grant going to the subrecipients can be used for contraceptive drugs and devices,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Needless to say, Planned Parenthood is not pleased.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/436526-trump-administration-awards-17-million-family-planning-grant-to-anti\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details:\u00a0 The Trump administration announced Friday it would award a $1.7 million family planning grant to a chain of crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and don\u2019t offer contraceptives, while at the same time cutting funds to some Planned Parenthood affiliates. 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