Title X: Biden administration reverses Trump rule barring federally-funded family planning clinics from abortion referrals

More than 20 states, which also receive a portion of the $ 286 million family planning grants, filed federal lawsuits to try to prevent the restrictions from taking effect. Lower courts in Maryland and the West Coast issued injunctions that temporarily blocked them. But in the summer of 2019, a California appeals court ruled that the Trump rule could begin during the litigation. And after giving title X protesters two additional months to report their rule compliance plans, Trump health officials put them into effect. In February 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th District ruled in a split decision in favor of the restrictions.