by Tara Culp-Ressler, Think Progress, USA – The federally funded family planning clinics that are supposed to offer a safety net for low-income Americans are in crisis.
The clinics in the Title X network provide confidential reproductive health services on a sliding pay scale, including STD screening, Pap smears, and birth control consultations. Most of the patients who rely on these health centers are low-income and uninsured and would struggle to get that care elsewhere. Others may have private insurance, but prefer the confidentiality of the family planning network.
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