This Senate Vote Threatens Millions of Women’s Birth Control Access and More
“The program’s primary goal: To make these sort of services affordable for low-income and underserved communities. Kinsey Hasstedt, a senior policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute, explains, ‘If a woman goes to a clinic that receives Title X dollars, they don’t have to apply. Anyone who comes to that clinic and has an income below the federal poverty level receives services without charge. [Patients] who have income levels of 100 to 250 percent above the federal poverty level can be charged by the clinic, but on a sliding scale. The higher your income, the more you might get charged. But the intent is always to make family planning care affordable for everyone.'”