Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Key Points

• This bill would ban federal family planning grants from going to any organization that performs abortions. Groups like Planned Parenthood that use Title X funding for contraception, STD testing, and cancer screenings would lose that funding if they also provide abortions.
• To keep receiving federal money, an organization would have to certify that it does not perform abortions and does not fund any other group that does. The rule covers the entire legal entity and any affiliates it controls or is controlled by.
• There are exceptions for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or when a doctor certifies that the pregnancy threatens the mother's life. Hospitals are also largely exempt and can still receive grants as long as they do not fund outside abortion providers.
• The government would have to send Congress an annual report listing every group receiving a Title X grant, how many abortions were performed under the exceptions, and which other organizations received funds from grantees.
• The bill has strong Republican support with 19 Senate co-sponsors and was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It faces a tough path forward since it would need 60 votes to overcome a Senate filibuster.