With Title X Funding at Stake, States Join the Legal Battle

Governing: Washington will be among the first states to sue the Trump administration over its new Title X rules, released Friday, that will withhold federal funding from health clinics that provide abortion services or referrals.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit with the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association -- which represents Title X grantees, once the rule is formally published, which happened on Tuesday afternoon. California and New York's attorneys general have also reportedly vowed to sue.

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