TIME TO REDEFINE FAMILY PLANNING

For nearly 50 years, under the guise of making family planning services and birth control affordable to low-income Americans, Title X has been providing millions of people with information and services that run counter to traditional American values. We are putting this program back on more solid moral footing by changing the requirements for health care providers to receive Title X funds:

They can no longer mention the word "abortion" — no matter what their patients think they want.

They must replace referrals for abortion with counseling on parenting and adoption.

Those clinics that fail to comply will be defunded — and likely closed.

Crisis pregnancy centers, many run by religious organizations, will receive funding to provide government-approved services such as counseling on natural birth control, abstinence, and other methods of sexual risk avoidance.

Some temporary reductions in service may result as clinics that previously offered breast cancer screenings, prenatal care, and similar services are transitioned out of the Title X program due to their noncompliance with the new rules. The increase in cost and distance and reduction in services is a small individual price to pay for restoring moral order.Some temporary reductions in service may result as clinics that previously offered breast cancer screenings, prenatal care, and similar services are transitioned out of the Title X program due to their noncompliance with the new rules. The increase in cost and distance and reduction in services is a small individual price to pay for restoring moral order.

progress indicators

The success of our methods is supported by evidence gathered through years of implementing them on low-income, minority, and other test populations. As we expand our efforts to national scale, we will look to similar indicators of progress.