Title X: The program provides $1.68 million for family planning in Oregon
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nations, community health cen
ters nursing service organiza
tions and a wide variety of
nonprofit agent .es, many of
which are located in plates
where little or no other repro
ductive health t are is a vat table
Locally
In Kugene, lane County Pub
li< Health ret mis JO to .10 per
t ent of its hinds from Title X. or
about $ lO S-C. OOO
If we were to lose all l it If X|
funds, it would have a serious
impact on how we could serve
the community." said Susie
Kent, nursing supervisor for
l ane County Public Health. It
might mean a loss of servo es or
a loss of staff — with a definite
impact on teen-pregnant s pre
vention." she saitl
In 1994. lame County family
planning centers served 1.345
women ages 18 to J4, compris
ing 45 pert ent of tlieir clientele
"eliminating Title X funding
would limit women's act ess to
tare." Kent said "The conse
quences could range from
unplanned and unwanted preg
nancies to women being unable
to follow-up on health prob
lems."
Oregon
Oregon public health clinics
are funded In three sources
1 itle X. Title V and state general
funds Title X provides $1 t> mil
lion of the state's total funds fur
limits.
Odisio said that tor every dol
lar Title X spends on family
planning, the government saves
$4 4U in other costs, such as
welfare and nutrition.
"In 1994. t.2,124 Oregon
women received services
through Title X funded pro
grams,” said Diane Duke, direc
tor of development and
community relations for
Planned Parenthood in Eugene
“The majority of these women
were uninsured and depended
on this funding to get basic
reproductive health t are." she
II
If Mr u ere to law nil filth
\ I funds it would in,•. < a
serious impact on how »*«■
could serve the community
— Susie Kent
.mfy Public Hearth
55
Mid
Nationally
"Until 1‘ih . Title X c.omtilut
t*d thi* single largest source of
public funds for family plan
ning," according to the June
1995 edition of Issues in Uriel, a
public ation of a nonprofit repro
ductive health research insti
tute
"In 1992, Title X still helped
to support 76 percent of all fam
ily [dunning agencies providing
more than 2(1 [am ent of the bud
gets for over half of them " the
publication said.
Currently, Title X provides
$193 million in federal funds for
family planning.
"Publicly funded family plan
ning services hove been respon
sible for preventing large
numbers of unintended preg
nancies. abortions and births to
Itnv-inc ome women, and espe
cially to unmarried women and
teems." Issues in Uriel said
"Our nation is one step closer
to losing its front line of defense
in the fight to prevent
unplanned pregnane.y," said a
news release from Planned Par
enthood.
The History
Title X of the Public Health
Service Act was enacted and
signed into law by President
Richard Nixon, creating for the
first time a comprehensive fed
eral program devoted entirely to
the provision of family planning
services on a national basis.
T itle X is administered by the
Department of Health and
h* »*r>M ■- * *u;
Lane County Public Health nurse Phyllis Roberts discusses what types
ot services are available with a young client
Human Scrvii.tis, which is
responsible fur allocating the
funds appropriated annually hv
Congress among the 10 federal
health regions In eat h region,
the health administrator
retfives applii ations from, and
awards grants on a < ompetitive
basis to, public, and nonprofit
private agent ies th.it provide
t tmlrnt eptive servit es as well as
training, let hnical assistant e
and other support
By list al year MJHt. $140
million in puhlit funds were
heing spent to provide family
planning servit.es to a million
women al nearly 'S.200 separate
servile sites," Issues m Hnt‘l
said
’ In 1900, r> s million family
planning < limits were served hv
t limes administered by Title X
supported agent les." the
newsletter said Women who
ret eivetl sers it es at Title X-sup
ported ( llllti s hi i*»*«> were pre
domimiutlv young. poor mu)
hod never had a i hi Id
In 1091, there were 11 total of
Hri primers Title X grantees,
ranging from one to four per
stale,” /ssues in fine/ van)
The Opposition
The main organization oppos
ing Title X is the Christian
Coalition. Ims a use Planned Par
enthood rei eises monies front
Title X
"(Planned Parenthood) has
left us no t hou e hilt to oppose
ail td Title X funding," said
Mike Russell, diret tor of t om
munit atoms for Christian Coali
tion in Virginia We are at an
fit
11''tinned hurnthoodj lm>
left H' no i hon e hut to
<>/>/><> w oil <>t till, \ funding
He ,u < ,it ,m imfhis w
— Mike Russell
Clwtsiian Coairtion
55
impasse "
riu> manifesto ul the Christum
Coalition stall’s. "Christian
l nalition i alls (or an end to fed
oral funding for programs and
organizations tfiat promote and
perform abortions An obvious
example is Title X
Under tfnt currant rules. I dle
X funded limits ,ire actually
rotpiirml to counsel every preg
nnnt woman and girl who walks
in tlie duorffibout abortion) In
short taxpayer money is being
used to promote afuirtlon essen
ttally as simply an alternative
method of birth control "
Current Status
I be Rules ( nmmittee voted
Monday evening to see if it will
allow a floor discussion and
vote ou Title X that would not
sublet t it to potentially damag
mg amendments
The full House should vote on
the l abor. Health Human Ser
sites and Kdut ation appropria
lions full on Wednesday
After the House, the Senate
Appropriations ( ommitlee. with
Sen Mark Hatfield ns chairman,
will vote on the hill, then the
full Senate Filially. President
Clinton will re< eive the hill for
his approval or veto
President (ilinton is threaten
ing to veto the hill in ils present
form." said Penny Dodge, i tnef
ol stuff for Rep Peter Depa/io
There are several provisions
restricting abortion access "
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