{"id":2356201,"date":"2024-10-17T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-push-courts-to-reverse-biden-cuts-to-hhs-family-planning-grants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:52:46","slug":"red-states-push-courts-to-reverse-biden-cuts-to-hhs-family-planning-grants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-push-courts-to-reverse-biden-cuts-to-hhs-family-planning-grants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Red states push courts to reverse Biden cuts to HHS family planning grants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fred-states-push-courts-to-reverse-biden-cuts-to-hhs-family-planning-grants-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Red \u2063states are challenging the Biden-Harris administration in federal courts \u200cover the withholding of family planning funds, specifically under Title X, due to their abortion restrictions.\u200b Oklahoma recently requested the Supreme\u2062 Court to review a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-clashes-over-bid-to-execute-boston-marathon-bomber\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Clashes Over Bid To Execute Boston Marathon Bomber\">federal appeals court decision<\/a> that upheld the cuts,\u200b claiming it lost $4.5 \u2064million in such funding after being denied grants linked to mandatory counseling on abortion. Attorney General Gentner Drummond emphasized that these funds are essential for\u200d healthcare services, including cancer screenings and contraception, and argued that the requirement violates federal law. The state has previously faced significant funding losses and is\u2064 joined by Tennessee, which is also fighting against similar cuts. The cases highlight a larger conflict between state and federal policies\u2063 on family planning and reproductive health\u200b services \u200bin \u200clight of changing legal landscapes following the \u2063overturning of *Roe \u2063v. Wade*.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Red states push courts to reverse Biden cuts to HHS family planning grants<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1837303\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Red states are demanding federal courts hold the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden-Harris administration\">Biden-Harris administration<\/a> accountable for withholding millions of dollars of federal funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-lives-matter-arkansas-gov-signs-near-total-abortion-ban-that-supporters-hope-will-force-scotus-to-revisit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"\u2018All Lives Matter\u2019: Arkansas Gov. Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban That Supporters Hope Will Force SCOTUS To Revisit Roe v. Wade\">family planning services<\/a> from the states due to their limits on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oklahoma<\/a> asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> to review a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-appeals-court-clears-bidens-covid-vax-mandate-for-federal-employees\/\" title=\"U.S. Appeals Court Clears Biden\u2019s COVID Vax Mandate for Federal Employees\">federal appeals court ruling<\/a> that upheld the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s suspension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-agencies-are-regulating-radically-rapidly\/\" title=\"Biden Agencies Are Regulating Radically, Rapidly\">federal family planning funds<\/a> in response to the state&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions, a position the federal government has taken in similar cases involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma contends that last year alone, it lost $4.5 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Title X<\/a> funding, which supports family planning services such as contraception and pregnancy testing, after the Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health and Human Services<\/a> under President Joe Biden suspended a grant the state has received for &ldquo;more than 40 years,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/oag\/news\/newsroom\/2024\/october\/drummond-asks-supreme-court-to-review-title-x-referral-overreach-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. (AP Photo\/Sue Ogrocki)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Oklahomans have depended upon these services for decades,&rdquo; Drummond said, emphasizing that the suspension of the funds jeopardizes access to essential healthcare services such as cancer screenings and pregnancy prevention. The funding was withheld after the state refused to comply with one of the grant&rsquo;s amended requirements to provide counseling to pregnant women on all options, including abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Drummond initially challenged the loss of these funds through a lawsuit, followed by a motion for an injunction against HHS. He argued that a requirement under Title X to provide counseling on all pregnancy options violated federal law, especially in light of the state&rsquo;s ban on most abortions following the reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> two years ago.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supreme Court rejected initial petition last month<\/h2>\n<p>In September, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3142119\/supreme-court-wont-restore-oklahoma-family-planning-funds-over-abortion-hotline-dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>refused to reinstate federal funding<\/a> for Oklahoma&rsquo;s family planning services under Title X, though Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch said they would have granted Oklahoma&rsquo;s petition to hear oral arguments on the merits of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma contends that the abortion referral requirements go against the state&rsquo;s policies following the 2022 <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women&rsquo;s Health Organization <\/em>decision, which gave states the power to set restrictions on abortions. The state is also citing the Weldon Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from going to agencies that discriminate against healthcare entities refusing to make abortion referrals.<\/p>\n<p>The Sooner State has missed out on a total of $10 million in Title X funding due the dispute with HHS.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few Title X sites remain operational in the state, with the Biden administration choosing to divert funds to the neighboring Missouri Family Health Council, which partners with Planned Parenthood clinics in Oklahoma. <\/p>\n<p>Drummond&rsquo;s petition asserts that the appeals court&rsquo;s decision conflicts with rulings from other circuits, urging the Supreme Court to resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tennessee fighting back in similar HHS dispute <\/h2>\n<p>Other states with restrictions on abortion are fighting back against the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s withholding of family planning funds, including Tennessee, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2569518\/tennessee-republican-calls-xavier-becerra-malicious-for-axing-funding-over-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>facing a similar $7 million setback to its funding<\/a> thanks to the federal government&rsquo;s policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance Defending Freedom, which worked alongside Mississippi to defend its gestational law in 2022 that resulted in the overturning of <em>Roe<\/em>, filed an amicus brief on Wednesday in a lawsuit pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit surrounding Tennessee&rsquo;s effort to receive Title X funding for family planning services.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s&nbsp;Title&nbsp;X&nbsp;rule forces doctors to refer for abortions to receive federal funding and ignores the reality that referring for an abortion is antithetical to the healing profession,&rdquo; ADF senior counsel Chris Schandevel <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/state-tennessee-v-us-department-health-and-human-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> after filing the brief.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel on the 6th Circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseelookout.com\/2024\/08\/27\/appeals-court-rules-against-tennessees-quest-for-family-planning-dollars-minus-abortion-counseling\/#:~:text=Judges%20on%20the%206th%20circuit,for%20the%20Title%20X%20funding.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ruled<\/a> in August, &ldquo;There is no indication that the non-directive options for counseling and the neutral information required by the rule are not &lsquo;allowable under state law,&rsquo;&rdquo; noting the abortion ban does not address counseling.<\/p>\n<p>ADF is requesting that the full 6th Circuit review this decision in addition to Oklahoma&rsquo;s separate push for Supreme Court intervention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1837303\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1837303\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red states seek court reversal of Biden&#8217;s HHS family planning funding cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2356202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24086509233228-2.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34488,8235,33640],"class_list":["post-2356201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-family-planning","tag-hhs","tag-red-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24086509233228-2.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}