Maryland, 22 other states sue Trump administration over family planning restrictions

Maryland is co-leading a lawsuit with 22 other states against new Trump administration funding requirements that threaten family planning grants unless states comply with what Attorney General Anthony Brown calls “unlawful and discriminatory conditions.”

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 955

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Maryland is co-leading a lawsuit with 22 other states challenging new Trump administration funding requirements that threaten family planning grants unless states comply with what Attorney General Anthony Brown calls “unlawful and discriminatory conditions.”

In the suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for Maryland, Brown, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James and officials from 21 other states, says the new conditions on the Title X program in the upcoming fiscal 2027 …

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