Trump Administration Takes on California’s Abortion Funding Coercion
27th January 2020
President Donald Trump wasn’t the only one making history at this year’s March for Life. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar put an even bigger exclamation point on the day when he broke news at Family Research Council headquarters about new action the agency was taking.
After four years of watching California attack its own people, HHS is finally saying, “Enough.” If the state can’t be bothered to follow the law, Azar has decided to make it pay for it—in federal funds, if necessary.
It’s been a problem since 2014. That’s when California’s health department started strong-arming employers into covering abortion on their insurance exchange.