American Medical Association v. Cochran
Petitioner American Medical Association, et al. · Respondent Norris Cochran, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
- From
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- How it got here
- writ of <i>certiorari</i>
Does the Department of Health and Human Services’ rule that prohibits and compels certain pregnancy-related speech between a Title X provider and her patient violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the Title X appropriations act, or Section 1554 of the Affordable Care Act?
Question before the CourtWhat happened
In 2019, the Trump administration promulgated regulations under Title X of the Public Health Services Act that prohibited the use of Title X funds in projects where clients received counseling or referrals for abortion as a method of family planning. However, a counselor providing nondirective pregnancy counseling “may discuss abortion” as long as the counselor “neither refers for, nor encourages, abortion.” Several states and private Title X grantees challenged the rule, and three district courts in three states granted preliminary injunctions against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) preventing enforcement of the rule.
Case path
- Feb 22, 2021 granted