Kansas Defunded Planned Parenthood, So the White House Cut Their Title X Funding

Kansas elected to end their Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood (and one other abortion provider) so the White House decided to end their Title X funding for the state of Kansas.

I’ll walk through the history of Title X funding (for reproductive healthcare for the poor, signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1970) and why this deal is politically motivated.

Here are the basics of the story in Kansas

And here’s a bit of history on Title X funding (which was enacted by Richard Nixon in 1970 – 3 years BEFORE Roe v Wade was passed)