The Biden Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Xavier Becerra, has made perhaps its most radical move thus far. In a sweeping rule-change proposal, HHS determined it will disregard both the separation of powers and Supreme Court precedent while sacrificing women and girls, and healthcare professionals’ freedom of conscience, on the altar of what has long been Becerra’s sacred cow: the abortion industry.
The federal government’s Title X program distributes about $300 million dollars each year to healthcare providers for “family planning” services, which is defined in the statute to include many different options. To protect taxpayers from being forced to fund abortion, the text of the statute specifically provides that the funds cannot go to “programs where abortion is a method of family planning.”
