Trump Administration Can’t Yank Federal Money From Planned Parenthood, Massachusetts Attorney General Claims in Lawsuit

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is one of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Trump administration's new regulations requiring health clinics that receive federal Title X money for contraception for poor people not provide information and referrals concerning abortion.

The regulations are widely seen as targeting Planned Parenthood, since they require that recipients of federal funds not see patients for contraception in facilities where abortions take place; Planned Parenthood sees patients in abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood currently gets about $60 million a year in Title X funding from the federal government.