AMA opposes proposed rule on Title X family planning program

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today urged HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar, II, to withdraw the Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to significantly revise the regulations governing the federal Title X family planning program.

“We are very concerned that the proposed changes, if implemented, would undermine patients’ access to high-quality medical care and information, dangerously interfere with the patient-physician relationship and conflict with physicians’ ethical obligations, exclude qualified providers, and jeopardize public health,” wrote AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, M.D. “Given our concerns, we urge HHS to withdraw this [proposal].”