# Family planning groups challenge Trump administration's Title X funding shift  
**Published:** 2026-06-19T01:47:43.000Z  
**Source:** [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/18/repub/family-planning-organizations-sue-trump-administration-over-title-x-funding-announcement/)  
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National and Pennsylvania-based family planning organizations [filed a federal lawsuit Thursday](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/18/repub/family-planning-organizations-sue-trump-administration-over-title-x-funding-announcement/) challenging the Trump administration's overhaul of Title X grant requirements, alleging the changes politicize a decades-old program designed to serve low-income Americans.

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania named the U.S. Health and Human Services agency as the defendant. The Family Health Council, which [serves more than 31,000 low-income residents across 24 counties](https://www.aclu.org/documents/nfprha-v-kennedy-complaint), has received Title X funding since the program's inception in 1970.

The lawsuit challenges the 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity, released in April, which introduces new eligibility criteria requiring applicants to undergo an "alignment review" based on HHS priorities. Those priorities explicitly target ending diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and gender-affirming care — a marked shift from the Biden administration's emphasis on health equity.

"We believe that the funding announcement is designed to favor the kind of providers the administration would rather see in the program," Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement referenced in the lawsuit.

The complaint alleges the new requirements conflict with Title X's statutory mandate, which [directs HHS to award grants based on factors like patient volume served and local need](https://stateline.org/2026/06/18/trump-changes-pregnancy-prevention-program-to-promote-childbearing/). The changes also shift the program's fundamental focus from expanding access to contraception toward promoting "family formation" and "natural family planning" methods — such as menstrual cycle tracking — which are less effective at preventing pregnancy.

Title X, signed into law by former President Richard Nixon, provides federal funding for reproductive health services including contraception, cancer screenings, STI testing and wellness exams. The program serves more than 2.8 million people nationally, many of whom are low-income or uninsured.

The lawsuit marks the latest challenge to the administration's Title X policies. [Last year, the Trump administration withheld funding from 22 Title X grants affecting an estimated 842,000 patients before reversing course following a lawsuit from the same organization](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/title-x-birth-control-sti-clinics-trump-rfk-jr-hhs-house-dems).

U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, has been assigned to the case. A hearing is expected to be scheduled within weeks.

## Sources

- [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/18/repub/family-planning-organizations-sue-trump-administration-over-title-x-funding-announcement/)
- [Stateline - Trump changes pregnancy prevention program to promote childbearing](https://stateline.org/2026/06/18/trump-changes-pregnancy-prevention-program-to-promote-childbearing/)
- [ACLU - NFPRHA v. Kennedy complaint](https://www.aclu.org/documents/nfprha-v-kennedy-complaint)
- [NBC News - Trump administration shifts focus of Title X program away from birth control](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/title-x-birth-control-sti-clinics-trump-rfk-jr-hhs-house-dems)

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