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On March 31, 2025, nine Planned Parenthood affiliates and seven other nonprofit grantees received notice from the Trump administration that Title X family planning funding would be withheld effective April 1. The funding freeze affected 16 out of 86 current Title X grantees, targeting all nine Planned Parenthood grantees specifically.
The administration justified the sudden denial of funds by citing alleged violations of President Trump's executive orders, including prohibitions on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts—claims that remained unsubstantiated and were widely viewed as pretextual attacks on reproductive healthcare providers.
KFF estimated that 879 clinics (24 percent of all Title X clinics) in 23 states were affected by the funding freeze, potentially impacting up to 834,000 people who could lose access to Title X-funded contraception and reproductive healthcare services. The 2025 budget had provided 285.6 million dollars in Title X funds before the freeze.
In Utah, Planned Parenthood closed two clinics as a direct result of withheld Title X funds and implemented fees for contraception services that were previously free. On April 24, 2025, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) filed suit alleging that HHS began unlawfully withholding 65.8 million dollars in funding to Title X projects.
President Trump's FY2026 Budget Request proposed eliminating Title X funding entirely. Combined with provisions in the budget law withholding Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide, the funding freeze represented a coordinated assault on the nation's family planning safety net. Planned Parenthood officials warned that 200 clinics across 24 states were at risk of closure, though that provision remained blocked in court.
The Title X freeze disproportionately harmed low-income women who depend on the program for contraception, STI testing, cancer screenings, and other preventive reproductive healthcare services.