Trump Administration Restores Title X Funds as ACLU Drops Lawsuit

Overview

• HHS released the remaining withheld Title X grants in December and early January following compliance reviews referenced in a Dec. 19 letter citing federal civil rights laws and prohibitions on unlawful DEI-related discrimination.
• NFPRHA, represented by the ACLU, filed to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit on Jan. 13 after the grants were restored.
• The pause had frozen about $65.8 million across 22 grants, affecting an estimated 865 service sites and 842,000 patients in nearly two dozen states.
• Planned Parenthood Association of Utah said it received $2 million on Jan. 9 but had already closed health centers in St. George and Logan that are unlikely to reopen.
• Advocates report lasting gaps in care, with access further constrained in places where states declined funds or imposed other limits, including Idaho’s rejection of Title X money and ongoing litigation over Medicaid participation rules.