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(LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0A federal judge has sided with the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging its move to prioritize faith-based, abstinence-focused programs for dispensing family-planning dollars.<\/p>\n

In May, three Planned Parenthood groups and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) sued the administration over the Department of Health & Human Services\u2019 (HHS) February guidelines overhauling how it evaluated applications for\u00a0Title X family planning grants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new rules gave priority to abstinence, ease of primary care access, more family participation, and cooperation with faith-based groups.<\/p>\n

READ: Parents plan sex ed sit-out to protest graphic sex education<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

On Monday, District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, issued his ruling in the case, Reuters\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c[C]ourts cannot review substantive objections to a non-final agency action, nor can they require formal rulemaking for a change in agency procedure,\u201d he wrote. McFadden added that his ruling was not a decision on the merits of the case, but if it was he would conclude that the administration\u2019s priorities were consistent with the Title X program\u2019s mission of supporting \u201cvoluntary family projects … offering a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services.\u201d<\/p>\n

All told, the case is estimated to impact the fate of up to $260 million in federal tax dollars. Abortion giant Planned Parenthood handles more than 40 percent\u00a0of patients receiving Title X care.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump and his administration have\u00a0supported sexual risk avoidance\u00a0education over contraceptive distribution throughout his presidency. Last year, Trump’s HHS\u00a0recommended<\/a>\u00a0abandoning an Obama-era contraception-based teen pregnancy prevention program on the grounds that the results appeared to be an increased likelihood of teen pregnancy.<\/p>\n

In January, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)\u00a0released a study<\/a>\u00a0finding downward trends in teen sexual activity from 2005 to 2015. The study did not declare a direct link between the results and abstinence education funding, but pro-family advocates say that message is clear when the CDC findings are combined with other studies connecting condom distribution and the promotion of promiscuity to increased teen pregnancy.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared at LifeSiteNews.com<\/a> on July 17, 2018, and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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