President erases Obama-era action to bar states from blocking federal family-planning money to healthcare organizations that perform abortionsFurther chipping absent at his predecessor’s legacy,Donald Trump has signed legislation that lets states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
Trump’s action erases a rule, finalized shortly before Barack Obama left office in January, or that said states could not block the money. It’s the latest Obama regulation that Trump has overturned. Related: Healthcare without Planned Parenthood: Wisconsin and Texas point to dark future Related: How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com