1The Trump administration has moved to drastically reduce staff at the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Population Affairs (OPA), a division critics claim has advanced progressive policies on gender identity and abortion. About 30 employees received reduction-in-force notices on Oct. 10, effectively sidelining most of the office.

The cuts come amid the ongoing government shutdown, which administration officials have attributed to Senate Democrats’ refusal to pass a bipartisan funding bill. Sources said OPA was targeted for its role in promoting abortion access and gender ideology through federal grants and programs.

OPA oversees Title X, the federal family planning program, which under the Biden administration allowed abortion referrals and expanded access to gend

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