ACLJ Memo Summary: Defunding Planned Parenthood, the Title X Family Planning Act”
The Executive summary of the memo can be found here. It begins:
Executive Summary of the ACLJ’s Memo: “Senate Bill 2206: Defunding Planned Parenthood Through Senator Vitter’s Title X Family Planning Act”
The Title X Family Planning Act (S.2206) proposed by Senator Vitter would prevent any group that performs elective abortions (i.e. those that are not necessary to save a woman’s life or to avoid serious illness) from receiving Title X funds. This bill addresses the controversy over the public funding of groups like Planned Parenthood that perform elective abortions. At the same time that Planned Parenthood performs over one hundred thousand abortions every year, it receives hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from all levels of government. While public funds cannot typically be used to perform abortions, millions of Americans are still upset that their tax dollars fund Planned Parenthood and similar groups. S.2206 is a sensible way to keep conscientious taxpayers from having to support abortion providers.