Illinois is preparing to cover federal health care funding that’s being threatened by a new Trump administration rule banning family planning clinics from referring women for abortions.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that the Illinois Department of Public Health will use state money to cover the 28 health care providers that currently receive Title X grant money, should the “gag rule” remain in effect through the end of the fiscal year.
On Monday, the Trump administration notified clinics that receive Title X grant money that they must stop making abortion referrals immediately, the Associated Press reported.
Pritzker’s office said the state won’t implement the administration’s gag rule on the federal funding. The office said Illinois will forgo Title X funding from the federal government while the rule is in effect.
