U.S. cannot cut teen pregnancy prevention grants : federal judge

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A federal judge has blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from terminating grant funding for teen pregnancy prevention programs run by affiliates of Planned Parenthood, saying the decision was arbitrary.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice in Spokane, Washington, ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had failed to satisfactorily explain why it decided in July to terminate the five-year grants two years early.

HHS failed to follow proper administrative procedures and “arbitrarily and capriciously” terminated the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, which provides grants for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs, Rice said.

He rejected the administration’s contention that a ruling favoring Planned Parenthood would “handcuff” policymakers and force the government to continue funding multi-year grant projects even when they are not in its best interest.

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HEALTH NEWS APRIL 25, 2018 / 12:23 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Nate Raymond
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teens-pregnancy/u-s-cannot-cut-teen-pregnancy-prevention-grants-federal-judge-idUSKBN1HW2AR

[Angry Dragon]

1. Just say NO!!

[pbmus]

2. Ive heard aspirin works, between the knees...

[BigmanPigman]

3. YEAH! Another good ruling by a legit judge.

I feel so badly that Ivanka will not get her wish to destroy Planned Parenthood.

[mountain grammy]

4. Thank goodness

“The courts confirmed that the Trump-Pence administration’s attempt to impose its ideological agenda on young people is unlawful,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement.

Ya think?

[lordsummerisle]

5. K&R n/t