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This is “a deeply unpopular and politically motivated attack on Planned Parenthood and reproductive freedom that will disproportionately harm families who are already struggling to make ends meet,” said one advocate

Critics are decrying the Trump administration’s freeze of tens of millions of dollars for the reproductive care provider Planned Parenthood—money that’s meant to provide low-income Americans contraception access, cancer screenings, and other crucial services.

Nine Planned Parenthood state affiliates received notice on Monday that the administration is withholding Title X funding effective Tuesday, according to a Monday statement from Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

Since 1970, Title X has provided federal funding to a network of grantees who provide sexual and reproductive healthcare with a focus on serving low-income patients.

In total, the Trump administration is withholding payments to 16 Title X providers, per Politico, citing a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). According to the journalist Jessica Valenti, 21 states will be impacted, and eight states—California, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Tennessee, and Utah—will cease receiving Title X dollars.

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