{"ID":63338,"name":"American Medical Association v. Cochran","href":"https:\/\/api.oyez.org\/cases\/2021\/20-429","view_count":0,"docket_number":"20-429","additional_docket_numbers":["20-539","20-454"],"manner_of_jurisdiction":"Writ of \u003Ci\u003Ecertiorari\u003C\/i\u003E","first_party":"American Medical Association, et al.","second_party":"Norris Cochran, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.","timeline":[{"event":"Granted","dates":[1613973600],"href":"https:\/\/api.oyez.org\/case_timeline\/case_timeline\/54852"}],"lower_court":{"ID":5,"name":"United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit","href":"https:\/\/api.oyez.org\/taxonomy\/term\/5"},"facts_of_the_case":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 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 \u201cmay discuss abortion\u201d as long as the counselor \u201cneither refers for, nor encourages, abortion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","question":"\u003Cp\u003EDoes the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 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?\u003C\/p\u003E\n","conclusion":null,"advocates":null,"oral_argument_audio":null,"citation":{"volume":null,"page":null,"year":null,"href":"https:\/\/api.oyez.org\/case_citation\/case_citation\/27805"},"decisions":null,"first_party_label":"Petitioner","second_party_label":"Respondent","heard_by":[null],"decided_by":null,"term":"2021","location":null,"opinion_announcement":null,"description":"A case in which the Court will decide whether the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 rule for the Title X family planning program\u2014which prohibits and compels certain pregnancy-related speech between a Title X provider and her patient, proscribing abortion-related information but requiring information about non-abortion options\u2014violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Title X appropriations act, or Section 1554 of the Affordable Care Act.","written_opinion":null,"related_cases":null,"justia_url":"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/2021\/20-429\/","argument2_url":null}