Last month, National Right to Life congratulated the Trump Administration for issuing a final HHS rule to restore–emphasis on restore–Title X family planning regulations to prohibit grantees from co-locating with abortion clinics, or from referring clients for abortion.
Nothing to do with cutting family planning money—none was cut—but everything to do with ensuring that health facilities receiving Title X funds do not perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning.
So, it was only a matter of time before a coalition of 21 states—California filing a separate lawsuit from the other states—would take the new rule to court.
“Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D) separately announced Monday that she would lead 20 states and the District of Columbia in filing a national lawsuit against the rule on Tuesday,” The Hill newspaper reported.
In addition to Oregon, the states participating in the multistate lawsuit are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. The District of Columbia is also a party to the suit.
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