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Judge Blocks Trump’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant Changes
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- U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has refused to spend billions of dollars Congress appropriated for health programs.
- Congress earmarked $9.4 billion for FY2026 global health, including $1.3 billion for maternal-child and infectious-disease programs.
- HHS cancelled 53 Teen Pregnancy Prevention grants worth about $67 million, planning to replace them with abstinence-only curricula.
- A federal judge blocked the TPP changes but has not yet ruled on reinstating the grants.
