密歇根新闻广播 计划生育要退出Title X项目

Planned Parenthood announced it will withdraw from the federal Title X program which funds contraception and family planning services for low-income patients. Planned Parenthood's opted¹ to leave the federal program than comply with the new Trump² administration rules that prevent clinics from making abortion³ referrals. The Title X program already prohibits participants from using any money to fund abortions⁴.

Lori Carpentier, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan says the decision to leave Title X will effect more than 42,000 people in Michigan.

In 2017, Planned Parenthood of Michigan received $4.3 million from Title X funding, Carpentier says. The withdrawal⁵ will cut approximately 20% of the agency's fiscal⁶ budget. Carpentier says that Planned Parenthood has been the backbone⁷ of Title X since the Nixon administration created the program.

We are 1 of 30 recipients⁸ of the grant but we take care of about 70% of the patients in the program, said Carpentier.

Carpentier says that many low-income residents rely on the subsidized birth control and other family planning services they provide and that substandard options, if there are any at all, will take their place.

If you look at the list of alternative providers that have been put out by the administration, some of them have included ludicrous things like food banks and podiatrists, Carpentier said. A significant portion of the people that have been put on the alternative care list don’t even do reproductive or family planning.

Planned Parenthood has been a top provider of reproductive care for people of all income levels, Carpentier says, but where they are the only provider available, low-income residents will likely go without care.

People have been choosing Planned Parenthood when they have had possibly other alternatives. But there are also places where we are the only game in town. And in those places if we no longer have this level of funding, some people, the most poor among our Michigan residents, will go without.

As for how Planned Parenthood of Michigan will make up for the loss of one-fifth of their budget, Carpentier says they’re still figuring it out.

This post was written by production assistant Catherine Nouhan

1 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

4 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

5 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

6 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

7 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

8 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》