WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Boozman issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined 158 of his colleagues in the U.S. House and Senate urging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the Protect Life Rule and ensure Title X Family Planning Program funding does not support abortion or abortion services.

"We ask you to correct the misguided actions of the previous administration and reimplement the Protect Life Rule to ensure taxpayer dollars are not used to subsidize the abortion industry," the lawmakers wrote to Kennedy.

The bicameral letter calls on HHS to rescind a Biden-era Title X rule and reinstate a policy implemented during President Trump's first...