Dear Friend,

Donald Trump's gag rule drove Planned Parenthood out of the Title X family-planning program, resulting in the loss of tens of millions of dollars.

Now family-planning clinics are reporting a "public health crisis" because low-income patients are unable to access cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, and HIV services.(1)

Courage Campaign is supporting Planned Parenthood’s effort to repeal the gag rule, but in the meantime, there’s a massive need to fill the funding gap.

Will you make a donation to help fight Trump's family-planning gag rule? Your donation will be split between Courage Campaign's work to end the gag rule and Planned Parenthood, so they can keep providing the care low income people count on.

Planned Parenthood, which serves four million low-income people a year, is facing a $60 million shortfall in funding due to Trump’s family-planning gag rule.(2) Now Planned Parenthood patients are facing longer lines and higher fees, and other clinics in states that didn’t make up the funding are closed down.(3)

Some clinics decided to stay open because they were the only health-care provider of reproductive services in their counties. But under Trump’s gag rule, these doctors cannot be affiliated with or refer patients to abortion clinics -- or even provide information about the procedure at all.(4)

For the majority of Title X patients, their Title X provider is their only source of health care for obtaining birth control, mammograms, and STD testing. And the clinics remaining in the programs need to expand their caseloads by 70% to fill the gap caused by the gag rule.(5)

The U.S. is facing a public-health emergency under Trump's gag rule, and we need to end it now.

Will you donate to help stop Trump's family-planning gag rule? Your donation will be split between Courage Campaign and Planned Parenthood.

Yours in the fight for our reproductive rights,

Caitlin, along with Analeeza, Annie, Brenna, Diego, Eddie, Gabby, Lindsay, Mai, Mary, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

Footnotes:
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/24/patients-face-higher-fees-longer-waits-after-planned-parenthood-quits-federal-program/
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/24/patients-face-higher-fees-longer-waits-after-planned-parenthood-quits-federal-program/
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/24/patients-face-higher-fees-longer-waits-after-planned-parenthood-quits-federal-program/
4. https://rewire.news/article/2019/09/11/we-are-headed-toward-a-public-health-crisis-title-x-clinics-grapple-with-trumps-gag-rule/
5. https://rewire.news/article/2019/09/11/we-are-headed-toward-a-public-health-crisis-title-x-clinics-grapple-with-trumps-gag-rule/

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