A federal appeals court has ruled against Tennessee's efforts to receive millions of dollars in family planning funds without adhering to federal regulations mandating clinics to provide abortion referrals. The state's Attorney General had filed a complaint challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' decision to disqualify Tennessee from the Title X family planning program due to its ban on abortion referrals.
Last year, Tennessee's Attorney General filed a federal complaint seeking to overturn the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' decision to disqualify the state from receiving money offered through a family planning program known as Title X. A lower court later determined that Tennessee was unlikely to succeed and the state appealed that decision.
