Title X family planning funds were redirected from Planned Parenthood to Christ Community Health Services in Shelby County, Tennessee. This happened in November, 2011. Christ Community Health Services refuses to give abortions or emergency contraception, which is the likely reason the funds were relocated. However, they have proved themselves unable to handle the excess patient load or handle the money effectively, resulting in a 93% drop in women’s healthcare services in the county.

While the change in funding is technically a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution (it’s that uncomfortable bit about the separation of church and state and how the government can’t favor any religion over any other), it’s a sad case of religious politics in action.