Post

NEW: HHS has awarded an additional $3.9 million to Duquesne University to research a "body literacy" education program. The principal investigator on the grant is Marguerite Duane, whose nonprofit is separately getting $4.5 million to create a national infertility training center.

autonomynews.co‘Destructive’: Nearly $13 Million in Family Planning Grants Go to Anti-Abortion DoctorsMillions in federal funds earmarked to train health providers will go to doctors with links to crisis pregnancy centers and the Heritage Foundation for programs focused on infertility and “body litera...

Garnet Henderson

@garnethenderson.com

We had just posted an update to this story earlier, when we heard that the additional grant was finalized.

Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com

This story has been updated with a comment from one of the grantees that might make you go... huh? Dr. Marguerite Duane has links to the Heritage Foundation and one of the anti-abortion doctor groups that kicked off legal battles over mifepristone.

Garnet Henderson

@garnethenderson.com

ICYMI, we initially reported that nearly $9M would go to orgs run by anti-abortion doctors: $4.5M to Duane's FACTS About Fertility, and $4.3 million to an org run by an endometriosis surgeon which has never made more than $50k in a year. The Duquesne grant brings the total to nearly $13M.

14/10/26, 11:11 pm9 reposts22 likes

Garnet Henderson

@garnethenderson.com

These grants are related to Title X, a federal program intended to fund family planning services like birth control. These specific funds are meant to train and develop the family planning workforce. The Trump admin has reframed the program, training grants included, to focus on fertility.

Garnet Henderson

@garnethenderson.com

Some of the biggest voices claiming to "report" on reproductive health are mostly aggregating and commenting on others' work. Please support and amplify the work of those of us who are actually cultivating source relationships and breaking news. Share this story and SUBSCRIBE TO @autonomynews.co!!

autonomynews.coSupport Autonomy NewsWe will never put our reporting or analysis behind a paywall. Your support makes that possible. Here are a few different ways to power our work: Become a member Support our journalism and help comb...