HHS Urges Supreme Court to Withhold Federal Funds to Oklahoma After Appeals Court Ruling

Oklahoma says a Sixth Circuit ruling denying HHS funding for Tennessee has no bearing on its case.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington on July 22, 2019. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images

The federal government urged the Supreme Court this week to deny Oklahoma’s request to restore a canceled $4.5 million family planning grant.

The request came after a federal appeals court rejected another state’s application to reinstate grants under the same program.