Judge Orders HHS to Rescind Changes to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

Federal judge undercuts Trump's executive order on 'radical gender ideology'

Planned Parenthood affiliates win court challenge against Department of Health and Human Services policy changes to federal pregnancy prevention grants.

Judge Orders HHS to Rescind Changes to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must rescind changes it imposed to teen pregnancy prevention programs, a federal judge ruled on Oct. 7. Updated conditions for organizations carrying out the programs, which cited executive orders from President Donald Trump, were so vague that the organizations could not know how to comply, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said in a 65-page decision. “The Policy Notice mandates compliance now, w…

Federal judge undercuts Trump’s executive order on ‘radical gender ideology’

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from forcing recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to follow new rules targeting ‘radical indoctrination’ and ‘gender ideology.’ U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said President Donald Trump’s order was ‘motivated solely by political concerns, devoid of any considered process or analysis, and ignorant of the statutory empha…

Judge Blocks Trump Admin from Changing Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump’s orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology.” The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York — that sued to try to block enforcement of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy document issued in Ju…