Why HHS Restored Planned Parenthood Funding
As some pro-lifers expressed outrage over the Trump administration restoring family planning funding to Planned Parenthood, other pro-life voices say there’s more to the move than meets the eye.
Politico reported that the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday dropped its lawsuit against the administration after the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions in Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and other clinics.
The move sparked widespread outrage from pro-life conservatives.
The ACLU, joined by The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, had sued the administration over what they called “unlawful” withholding of more than $65 million in Title X grants to clinics.
But the agency may have had no choice but to restore funding, according to Tom McClusky, a veteran pro-life operative and director of government affairs at CatholicVote.
The agency withheld the........
