States defend family planning program against Trump administration’s threats
“Governors from a growing number of states are fighting back against a proposal by the Trump administration to bar clinics that provide abortion services or referrals from receiving federal family-planning funds. New York’s Andrew M. Cuomo (D) and 13 others have threatened to sue. Washington state’s Jay Inslee, Oregon’s Kate Brown and Hawaii’s David Ige, also Democrats, vowed to pull their states from the program if the changes are implemented. On Monday, 13 attorneys general, all Democrats, added their voices to the opposition, arguing that the changes are unconstitutional.”