Trump's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has started to enforce its "domestic gag rule." 1 / 6
It blocks health providers that offer abortion from receiving federal funding through the Title X program. 2 / 6
The rule mainly affects Planned Parenthood, which provides taxpayer-funded family planning and basic health care to low-income women. 3 / 6
The new regulation is being hailed by religious conservatives... 4 / 6
....and denounced by medical organizations and women’s rights groups. 5 / 6
The U.S. abortion rate has dropped significantly, from about 29 per 1,000 women of reproductive age in 1980 to about 15 in 2014. 6 / 6