by Ryan Foley, Christian Post
The White House says no final decision has been made about the future of Planned Parenthood funding as pro-life advocacy groups celebrate a report claiming the Trump administration plans to freeze millions of dollars in federal family planning grants.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is in the process of reviewing over $27 million in Title X federal family-planning grants to ensure recipients comply with federal law and executive orders by President Donald Trump, an official confirmed with The Chrisitan Post this week.
“HHS is concerned about the compliance of several awardees impacting $27.5 million in continuation awards,” the official said. “HHS expects all recipients of federal funding to comply with federal law.”
White House Spokesman Kush Desai told CP that across the federal government, Trump “is safeguarding the American taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars by ending the senseless taxpayer funding of DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] programs and initiatives, including grants to institutions in blatant violation of federal law.”
“The Administration supports the proper stewardship and prioritization of taxpayer dollars and will work to ensure all federal grantees are compliant with federal laws prohibiting discrimination,” Desai told CP.
The White House stressed that no final decisions on spending changes or grants for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, have been made.