More than 50 years, millions of dollars in federal grants, known as Title X, have funded clinics that offer free or discounted family planning services to mostly low-income Americans.

In April, the Trump administration froze more than $65 million in grants, forcing some providers to shut their doors.

Ali Rogan spoke with Brittany Fredrickson, the Associate Director of Women's Health at the

Health Policy Nonprofit, KFF.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Tell us first about what sort of providers get these funds and what types of services

do they provide.

Title 10 is the only federal program dedicated to providing family planning services to low-income

and uninsured individuals.

We're talking about birth control methods, sexually transmitted infection, testing and treatment,

pregnancy testing, cancer screenings like pap smears and breast exams, and other preventive

services.

We know so far that 16 out of 86 Title XI grantees have received notices that they are losing

their funding.

Why did the administration target some of these clinics and not others?

You know, it's really hard to tell. Of the 16 grantees, it includes all nine of the

Planned Parenthood grantees in the network, and then seven other nonprofit grantees.

And in the letters, they cited things like diversity, equity, and inclusion violations.

And it had nothing to do with their grant applications, but they cited public documents or

websites, public-facing job postings that said these organizations were either opposing

racism or dedicated to advancing health equity.

And so what does this mean for the patients who receive care at these clinics?

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