Oklahoma Denied Immediate Access to Family Planning Money (1)

Oklahoma’s health department isn’t entitled to an immediate restoration of family planning grant money that the federal government withdrew based on the department’s refusal to comply with an abortion-related condition for receiving the award, the Tenth Circuit said Monday.

The split court said the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma didn’t abuse its discretion when it held that the state hadn’t shown a likelihood of succeeding on its claims that it couldn’t compelled to require providers that participate in its Title X programs to refer pregnant patients for abortion if requested.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) ...