Watchdog Files FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records about Anti-Choice Group Obria’s Management of Federal Grant Money
On February 27, 2020, CfA filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeking documents responsive to two FOIA requests regarding the anti-choice Obria Group and its affiliate Obria Medical Clinics (collectively “Obria”) concerning their administration of funds they received through the Title X family planning program.
Trump administration upholds ‘one of its gravest attacks on abortion since election’
"Alice Huling, a lawyer for the Campaign for Accountability, a public interest watchdog based in the US, said the rule change which the US Department of Health and Human Services initially introduced in March last year was 'staggering'."
Watchdog Files FOIA Lawsuit Against HHS Seeking Records about Title X Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
On February 20, 2020, CfA filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeking documents responsive to four FOIA requests regarding the Title X Family Planning program and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program.
Anti-Birth Control Group Obria’s Unredacted Applications for Federal Funding Confirm Financial Mismanagement
On January 23, 2020, CfA released the 2018 and 2019 Title X applications for The Obria Group, Inc. (Obria), an anti-choice religious ministry masquerading as a healthcare provider.
Fake Feminists for Hire
On January 15, 2020, CfA released a new report, "Fake Feminists for Hire," revealing how the anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ group Concerned Women for America (CWA) has been declining over the past decade, while simultaneously partnering with well-funded dark money groups to amplify conservative causes that appear to be unrelated to its mission.
CfA Releases New Report Revealing Google’s Longstanding Ties to Koch Political Network
On December 20, 2019, CfA released a new report documenting the deep, and longstanding alliance between Google and the Koch political network.
Group backing Iowa’s Ernst hit with complaint after AP story
"The complaint is the third to be filed against Iowa Values following the AP’s story. A group called the Campaign for Accountability [...] filed a complaint last week along similar lines."
Watchdog Group Wants HHS To Investigate Title X Awardee
"The Campaign for Accountability says HHS should review the Title X family planning grant application of the Obria Group, a California-based health organization that opposes abortion as well as condoms and all other forms of contraception other than natural family planning methods."
Watchdog Calls on HHS to Stop Providing Title X Funding to Anti-Abortion Group Obria
On December 17, 2019, CfA sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, Dr. Diane Foley, asking HHS to end Title X funding for The Obria Group, Inc., and its affiliated Obria Medical Clinics of Southern California (collectively Obria), an anti-choice religious ministry masquerading as a healthcare group.
The Trump Administration Is Giving Family Planning Funds to a Network of Anti-Abortion Clinics
"'Title X was created to help low-income women control their reproductive futures by providing them access to birth control,' said Alice Huling, counsel for the Campaign for Accountability. 'Yet HHS gave these funds to a group that is fundamentally opposed to birth control. It just doesn’t make sense.'"