- The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is planning to freeze millions of dollars in family planning grants. Planned Parenthood would be among the organizations to have their government funding put on hold.
- The administration is tying the funding freeze to diversity, equity and inclusion participation.
- The administration is expected to announce the freeze sometime this week.
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The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is about to freeze roughly $120 million in family planning grants. The publication reported the administration is investigating whether such money was used for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
How does diversity, equity and inclusion affect the grant money?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office, ordering all federal agencies to ensure grant recipients do not promote or participate in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. His executive order was part of a larger effort to eliminate DEI in the federal government.
How much grant funding does Planned Parenthood receive?
Planned Parenthood is one of the groups to have its grants frozen. Its clinics are set to receive $20 million in family planning grants this year.
The freeze would see government funding stop for pregnancy testing, providing contraception, treatment of sexually transmitted infections and counseling on infertility.
A Health and Human Services Spokesperson said HHS is reviewing grant recipients to make sure they comply with President Trump’s executive orders. HHS distributes the funds under a program known as Title X.
The program funds free or discounted services to about four million people every year through a network of about 4,000 clinics.
Has there been any reaction?
The president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson, said the White House is trying to shut down the group.
“The Trump-Vance-Musk administration wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health center by any means necessary, and they’ll end people’s access to birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment and more to do it,” McGill Johnson said.
Some conservatives have long advocated to defund Planned Parenthood because the organization provides abortion and advocates for abortion rights.
The funding freeze could be made public sometime this week.
