Reproductive health group, ACLU sue Trump administration over Title X funding
Source: The Hill
04/24/25 7:59 PM ET
One of the country’s largest reproductive health advocacy groups is suing the Trump administration for withholding millions of dollars in federal family planning grants earlier this year.
The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday, claiming the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “unlawfully withheld” $65.8 million in Title X funds to 16 family planning groups.
Title X is the nation’s only federally funded family planning program providing birth control and reproductive health care to low-income Americans. More than a dozen family planning organizations, including nine Planned Parenthood affiliates, received letters in late March stating the Trump administration planned to “temporarily withhold” their allotted Title X grant funding.
The administration restored millions in funding a few days later, but those dollars went to Oklahoma and Tennessee state health departments, which had been barred from receiving Title X funds during the Biden administration for violating some of the program’s rules.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5266689-nfprha-aclu-sue-trump-administration/
ACLU of D.C. PRESS RELEASE - NFPRHA and ACLU Challenge Trump Administration Over Unlawful Withholding of Title X Family Planning Program Grants
Link to COMPLAINT (PDF) - https://www.acludc.org/sites/default/files/nfprha.001.complaint.pdf