On Friday, the Trump Administration released new regulations affecting the low income family planning and preventative health services program known as Title X. The final rule takes an important step towards bringing the program into compliance with long-standing federal policy prohibiting the expenditure of federal funds on abortion services, and also safeguards the ability of physicians to practice medicine in accordance with the dictates of their own consciences. Furthermore, with these regulations, President Trump has struck a blow against the scourge of sexual abuse, child molestation, and human trafficking, by mandating new training for Title X clinic staff as well as compliance with state and local sexual assault reporting guidelines.

Instead of recognizing these positive improvements to the program, the American Medical Association (AMA), our nation’s premier physician organization, has instead chosen to issue misleading public commentary on the purpose and effect of these new rules. Let’s cut through the noise: