Abortion rights activists and other backers of Planned Parenthood at a demonstration in New York last month against the Trump administration’s Title X rule change. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A coalition of 20 states and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) separately announced lawsuits Monday seeking to block changes to the Title X family planning program that would shift tens of millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood toward faith-based pregnancy clinics. The lawsuits seek a court injunction to stop the rule from taking effect in 60 days. The California suit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Monday. Read more:Democrats call on Trump administration to delay Title X family planning rule, citing ‘serious concerns’Trump administration bars clinics that provide abortions or abortion referrals from federal fundingAdministration seeks to fund religious foster-care groups that reject LGBTQ parents

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 18:53 UTC