Legislative Democratic Leaders call on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Stop Title X Proposed Rule

SAN DIEGO – Today, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles) submitted comments on a proposed federal rule that prohibits Title X providers from counseling and referring abortion services to a patient. This so-called “gag rule” drastically limits providers’ ability to give full information about a person’s family-planning options and arbitrarily forces doctors and nurses to limit the care patients need. The proposed rule also limits access to all 18 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved methods of contraception and evidence-based family-planning options.