Oklahoma to Ask Court to Unblock HHS Family Planning Money (1)

Oklahoma will try to convince the Tenth Circuit on Friday that it’s entitled to collect federal family planning services grant money, even though it won’t comply with the conditions for the grant.

The case will have implications throughout the country because many states that have criminalized abortion receive federal family planning funding through Title X.

The crux of the issue is whether HHS can pull money from those states if they follow Oklahoma’s lead and refuse to comply with the referral rule. The rule mandates that state-funded providers give patients nondirective information about all their options, including abortion, followed by ...