Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump makes it easier for states to defund Planned Parenthood
The Obama administration issued a directive to all 50 state Medicaid directors warning that big cuts to family planning providers, like Planned Parenthood, would break federal law.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Obama administration issued a directive to all 50 state Medicaid directors warning that big cuts to family planning providers, like Planned Parenthood, would break federal law. Trump said late last week that he would rescind that guidance, leaving the door open for states to potentially defund clinics that provide abortions.
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The full episode
3 of 5What can LA learn from Cape Town's water crisis?- 0:00Government shutdown ends for now, but what's next for DACA?
- 11:27How did Stephen Miller become the center of the fight over immigration?
- 18:34Trump makes it easier for states to defund Planned ParenthoodYou’re reading this
- 27:11The history of the anti-government protests in eastern Oregon
- 38:00Cape Town on track to run out of water in April