Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of coordinating with an “extremist” and “far-right” legal group in creating new guidance for states on defunding Planned Parenthood.
The guidance, released by the Department of Health and Human Services in January, said states don’t have to comply with an Obama administration policy from April 2016 that warned restricting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood could violate federal law. The repeal would give states more flexibility on how they manage the program, agency officials said.
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