Title X—a federal planning program—is the main issue being disputed at the case’s heart.
The federal appeals court believes the Trump administration has “failed to recognize and address the ethical concerns of literally every major medical organization in the country, and it arbitrarily estimated the cost [associated with the new regulations.]” Remember when Trump made a rule that organizations funded by Title X can’t refer patients to or suggest abortion providers, forcing Planned Parenthood to pull out of the federal program that allows them to provide care to millions of people for the sake of allowing women a choiceThe data shows that changes from Title X “reduced the network’s capacity to provide [patients] with contraceptive services by at least 46 percent.” This jeopardizes care for 1.6 million patients nationwide.