Planned Parenthood is planning to stick to its guns. We applaud the organization for doing so.
Let us explain.
On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it could not go along with new Trump administration rules that said organizations that accept federal family planning grants cannot directly provide individuals with abortion referrals.
Given that, the organization said it will not accept part of the $286 million in taxpayer money from what is known as the Title X program, which provides funding for birth control, cancer screenings and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
In other words, it wants to keep offering abortion referrals, and offering abortions in the same facilities where it also offers birth control and other services. Offering “a clear financial and physical separation” of the two also is a new administration requirement.