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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kimberlee Kruesi

Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuit

Family-Planning-Money - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Reproductive rights advocates say they have dropped a legal challenge against the Trump administration for withholding millions of dollars of federal funding for family planning, contraception and other services after officials agreed to restore the money.

Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after federal officials alerted 16 organizations, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, that the department was pausing $27.5 million to investigate whether they’re complying with the law.

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