(WBNG) — New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate coalition of 20 other attorneys general called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reinstate Title X funds.
Last month, Health and Human Services, or HHS, cut off support for family planning and health care services nationwide without reason, leading to the complete loss of federal family planning funding in several states.
The coalition letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. warned that this decision to withhold these Title X funds will have devastating public health consequences, including more unintended pregnancies, more sexually transmitted infections and increased rates of undiagnosed HIV and cervical cancer.
“The federal administration continues to play politics with the lives of the American people,” said James. “By slashing funding to necessary health care clinics and providers, they are putting millions of Americans at risk while forcing states to clean up the mess. This cruel and shortsighted attack on essential health care will have disastrous impacts in every corner of our country. My fellow attorneys general and I are calling on the administration to reverse this mistaken policy.”
James and the coalition argue that these cuts will most affect low-income and rural communities.
James and the coalition are urging HHS to reinstate grants and restore full funding to the Title X program.
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