President Donald Trump’s administration restored part of a federal family planning grant to Oklahoma’s State Department of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (This photo cannot be republished without a Getty subscription)
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Trump administration has restored $1.96 million of a federal family planning grant to Oklahoma’s State Department of Health, with potentially more to come.
The decision reversed a Biden administration decision that rescinded a $5 million Title X grant in 2023 because the state’s health department said it would no longer refer patients for abortions under Oklahoma’s restrictive abortion laws. Providing education and counseling about abortions at the patient’s request had been required to receive the federal grants.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued in federal court in 2023, claiming the loss of the grant was punishment for Oklahoma’s efforts to “protect unborn life.”
The Trump administration last week dropped the challenge and restored nearly $2 million of the grant, said Erica Rankin, a spokesperson for the Health Department. She said the agency doesn’t know yet what the total award will be.
Rankin said the agency is appreciative of the efforts to restore Oklahoma’s Title X grant and looks forward to providing important services throughout the state.
“The funding, together with state and local dollars, pays for our medical and support staff as well as supplies, training and equipment,” she said in a statement. “Our staff provides the services at our county health department locations in 68 counties and we contract with (Oklahoma City-County Health Department) and Tulsa to provide these services.”
The Trump administration recently pulled over $27 million in Title X funding to family planning clinics, including Oklahoma’s Planned Parenthood.
Tennessee also saw its Title X funding partially restored.
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