Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans and polls show people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible.

But the Trump administration is walking back access to birth control for some people — including withholding funding from a Nixon-era program that guarantees access to contraception for low income people.

Title X under threat

It's only been a few generations since birth control was widely accessible in the U.S. Married women were not legally allowed to use contraception in some states, until the 1965 Supreme Court decision Griswald v. Connecticut. Shortly after that, in 1970 – facing poor health outcomes for mothers and babies – Congress created Title X.

Enacted under the Nixon administration, the program guaranteed free contra

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