Trump Administration Cuts To Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Unlawful, Federal Judge Rules
The program had provided more than $100 million a year to 81 groups and institutions serving about 1.2 million teens, but the administration abruptly cut off grants last year, arguing that the programs were ineffective at curbing teenage pregnancy.
The Hill:
Judge Rules Against Trump Administration In Teen Pregnancy Prevention Case
A federal judge in D.C. ruled Thursday that the Trump administration's cuts to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program were unlawful. Last summer, the administration notified 81 organizations that their five-year grants through the program would end in 2018, rather than in 2020, prompting multiple lawsuits. (Hellmann, 4/19)
Reveal:
Judge Rules Trump Officials Broke Law When Axing Teen Pregnancy Program
U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a summary judgment in favor of four grant holders who had filed suit. “Further ordered that HHS’s decision to shorten the project period for Plaintiffs’ projects is vacated and that HHS shall accept and process Plaintiffs’ applications as if it had not terminated” the funding, according to the judge’s ruling. The order is effective April 26. The only programs directly affected by the decision are the four operated by the plaintiffs: Policy and Research LLC, a New Orleans and Seattle consulting group; Project Vida Health Center in El Paso, Texas; Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens in North Carolina and the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, represented by the nonprofit Public Citizen Litigation Group. (Kay, 4/19)
