eligibility<\/a> to Title X funds was restricted to clinics that did not provide abortions or refer women to clinics that did.\u00a0 But that changed under Bill Clinton.\u00a0 So Planned Parenthood now receives some $50 million per year from Title X.<\/p>\nBut this is only a small portion of the $500 million that\u00a0Planned Parenthood receives from the federal government.\u00a0 Most of that comes from Medicaid.<\/p>\n
Planned Parenthood could still get Title X money if it established offices that are separate from their abortuaries, with separate staff, and with separate financial structures.<\/p>\n
The uproar and indignation coming from the pro-abortion faction may create the impression that President Trump\u2019s action will accomplish more than it does.\u00a0 But it is a significant step.\u00a0 President Trump is fulfilling his promises to pro-lifers and their cause, for which he deserves major credit.<\/p>\n
The same cannot be said of Republicans in Congress, who had the chance to defund Planned Parenthood completely during the budget deliberations but refrained from doing so.<\/p>\n
But here is a question:\u00a0 Why do we have Title X?<\/p>\n
Is it among the constitutionally enumerated powers of the federal government to use taxpayer money to buy contraceptives and then give them to poor people?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it unseemly, smacking of eugenics, to use the power of the federal government to restrict the number of children born to poor families?<\/p>\n
Should religious people who object to contraception be forced to pay taxes for this purpose?\u00a0 Catholics, in particular, believe that contraception is sinful.\u00a0 Not only that, Catholics believe that complicity in a sinful activity is also sinful, putting their immortal souls in jeopardy.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that reason enough for the federal government not to get entangled in such activity?<\/p>\n
And even if giving out free contraceptives is determined to be an acceptable government activity, why do we need Title X?\u00a0 Health insurance policies are required to make contraceptives available free of charge.\u00a0 So does Obamacare.\u00a0 So does Medicaid, the source of most of Planned Parenthood funding.<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t Title X one of those overlapping federal programs that is redundant and unneeded?<\/p>\n
Shouldn\u2019t Congress repeal Title X?<\/p>\n
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