The first women’s health clinic in Colorado to provide abortion services is at risk of losing nearly 20 percent of its overall funding should proposed changes to the national family planning program come to fruition under President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center, which has two locations in Longmont and Boulder, receives about $500,000 each year in funding through Title X, a federal grant program dedicated to providing family planning services as well as preventative health services.

If enacted, health care providers would not be allowed to perform abortions or refer patients to clinics for abortions if they want to continue to receive Title X funding.

News of the proposed rule was released on May 22, but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officially released its notice of proposed rulemaking on Tuesday. The notice is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday to begin the official open comment period.

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