Josh Hawley calls on RFK Jr. to end Title X family planning funds to Missouri’s sole grantee

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 728

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Months after having its federal family planning funding restored, the only Title X grantee program in Missouri is facing new threats from U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley.

During a congressional hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services Budget on Wednesday, Hawley asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop providing Title X funding to Beacon Reproductive Health Network, a nonprofit based in Jefferson City.

He called the nonprofit, which received $8 million in …

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