[20211116]IF10051_第十篇计划生育方案.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated November 16, 2021Title X Family Planning ProgramIntroduction The Title X Family Planning Program (Title X) was enacted in 1970 as Title X of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act). Title X provides grants to public and nonprofit agencies for family planning services, research, and training. The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers Title X, which is the only domestic federal program dedicated solely to family planning and related preventive health services. In the March 4, 2019 Federal Register, HHS published a final rule that, among other things, prohibited Title X projects from referring clients for abortion as a method of family planning. It also required physical separation between Title X projects and certain abortion-related activities. (CRS In Focus IF11142, Title X Family Planning Program: 2019 Final Rule.) The 2019 final rule took effect in all states except Maryland, where it was enjoined. In the October 7, 2021 Federal Register, HHS published a final rule that, among other things, revokes the 2019 final rule in its entirety. For example, it requires Title X projects