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Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson told Newsweek that Planned Parenthood is pushing Biden to “hit the ground running day one” with pro-abortion actions. “The first thing we would like to see would be an executive order on day one, within the first 100 days, that demonstrates the administration’s commitment to sexual and reproductive health care,” she said.
She went on to say that Planned Parenthood wants to not only have Title X guidelines instated under President Trump to be lifted, but it also wants Title X funding increased from $280 million to nearly a billion dollars per year.
President Trump enacted rules for Title X which prevented funding recipients from providing abortion, referring patients to abortion, or cohabitating with businesses that provide abortion. Rather than comply with these rules, Planned Parenthood instead chose to leave the program and walk away from $60 million in federal taxpayer funding.
Johnson told Newsweek that Planned Parenthood is also keeping a close watch on who Biden is choosing to appoint for various federal positions. The abortion giant has reached out to the Biden team to recommend nearly 200 people for these positions. “We know that personnel is policy,” she said. “So we’re making sure that those positions are filled with sexual and reproductive health champions.”
