President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that overturns an Obama era rule prohibiting states from defunding from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.Late into his second term, President Barack Obama had the Health and Human Services Department finalize a regulation stopping states from withholding federal Title X family-planning funds from abortion providers.
President Trump signed the measure revoking the rule, thus allowing for states to deprive funding from entities like Planned Parenthood. “Republicans used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to roll back the regulation, which former President Obama signed during his final months in office,” reported The Hill.
“Using the Congressional Review Act, the measure will repeal the final rule proposed by the Obama administration in late December that bans states from blocking Title X family planning grants to Planned Parenthood and other health care providers that offer abortion. Title X funding covers services such as contraception, STD screenings and treatments but cannot be used to pay for abortion services.”
Pro-life groups and leaders like American Life League Executive Director Jim Sedlak celebrated the news of Trump’s signing the revocation measure. “This law will undo an Obama era regulation and return to states the ability to withhold Title X money from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers,” said Sedlak in a statement emailed to supporters on Thursday.
“The passage of this law and its signing by the president demonstrate a real changing of the guard in DC. We look forward to many more victories for the babies.”