Women’s Health at Risk: How the Title X Final Rule Will Impact Poor and Low-Income Women
Law & Policy InsightsHealth ReformMechanisms for Advancing Health EquityTitle X is the only federally funded program for low-income patients exclusively dedicated to providing family planning and preventative services, including contraception and screenings for breast cancer, cervical cancer and STDs. Title X serves some four million people a year, most of them women. However, recent rule changes threaten to severely limit women’s access to these essential services.