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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Baltimore Sues Trump Administration Over Defunding Teen Pregnancy Program

Baltimore City is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration to save federal funding for a teen-pregnancy prevention program. Officials say the funding is being cut without any explanation two years early.

City officials said they have received no clear explanation for the cutoff of the grant funding. The same thing is happening nationwide. The city's program does involve birth control.

In fact, birth control is anything but a taboo phrase at the Baltimore City Health Department. It offers free condoms in its lobby.

Since 2015, the department has been using a federal grant to teach birth control and other measures to prevent teen pregnancy to middle and high students. But, that grant is being ended two years early by the Trump Administration's Health and Human Services Agency.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I didn't need training on how not to get pregnant. Your parents are responsible for teaching you right from wrong. Why should MD taxpayers foot the bill for prevention of pregrancy.

Anonymous said...

All I can do is keeping watching that place swirl the bowl.

Anonymous said...

Maybe if they don't send 60 buses to Washington they will have funds for this program.

Anonymous said...

Why try to prevent teen pregnancy? It is easier to pay for the babies with welfare and then put them in jail after they grow up.

Anonymous said...

ok ok ok everybody keep their clothes on a little while and maybe we can figure this out