A federal appeals court on June 20 granted the Trump administration’s request to lift nationwide injunctions ordered by lower courts in Washington and Oregon that prevented the executive branch from blocking federal family planning funds from abortion providers.
The taxpayer money in question is part of the decades-old Title X program meant for low-income Americans. Under the original designation, the funds couldn’t be used for abortion. The administration of President Bill Clinton lifted the abortion restriction. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion corporation, receives approximately a quarter of the total Title X taxpayer funds.
