Maine Sues U.S. Health Officials over Threats to Title X Funding for Family Planning
The states say the new conditions would cut off Title X grants for providers that do not follow the administration’s directives.
- On Thursday, August 27, 2026, a coalition of 23 states filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to block new grant conditions for Title X family planning funding for low-income and uninsured patients.
- The Trump administration's updated grant rules mandate that recipients eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, emphasize "natural family planning" over contraception, and align counseling practices with marriage and parenthood priorities to remain eligible for federal support.
- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, leading the coalition, stated the policy jeopardizes services for millions, while the suit argues the conditions are "arbitrary and capricious" and violate the Constitution's Spending Clause.
- Losing the annual $286 million in Title X grants would force service reductions at clinics, as states contend the requirements conflict with the program's governing statute regarding broad contraceptive access and nondirective counseling.
- Attorneys general argue HHS violated the Administrative Procedure Act by bypassing public notice-and-comment processes; the lawsuit seeks to halt enforcement of these guidelines while allowing states to continue under existing program rules.
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Maryland, 22 other states sue Trump administration over family planning restrictions
Maryland is co-leading a lawsuit with 22 other states against new Trump administration funding requirements that threaten family planning grants unless states comply with what Attorney General Anthony Brown calls “unlawful and discriminatory conditions.”
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The Indiana Gazette OnlineShapiro joins lawsuit over Trump administration restrictions on family planning funding
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Maryland, seeks a court order to vacate requirements for states applying for funding under Title X of the Public Health Service Act that include ending diversity, equity and inclusion and “ending support for gender ideology.”Gov. Josh Shapiro joined nearly two dozen states in a legal challenge to conditions on federal family planning funding he said is intended to advance the Trump administra…
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Maine sues U.S. health officials over threats to Title X funding for family planning
Nearly two dozen states, including Maine, allege the new conditions are 'unlawful several times over' and are asking a judge to block their enforcement.
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