Family planning clinics would receive federal funding through 2035

The Department of Health and Human Services would administer a fund for family planning clinics supported by the federal Title X program. The funding would support clinics providing family planning services under Title X. Each year's funding would include $512 million for service grants and contracts and $50 million for clinic construction, renovation, and equipment. Money would remain available until spent, even beyond the fiscal year when it was set aside.

Funded clinics would offer pregnancy information and counseling without steering patients toward a particular choice. Clinics receiving this funding would offer patients with positive pregnancy tests information about continuing pregnancy, infant care and adoption options, and abortion. All pregnancy counseling would avoid steering patients toward a choice. Patients requesting counseling would receive neutral facts about each option, except those they say they do not want to discuss. Referrals would be provided on request.

Recipients passing funding to other organizations could exclude them only if they cannot provide Title X services. The rule would cover organizations seeking to participate in those shared-funding programs. The restriction would apply when recipients pass along this funding to provide Title X services.