Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Monday that he plans to sue the Trump administration over new rules cutting off federal family planning funds from abortion providers.

Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington who is considering a presidential run, gave his backing to the move, calling the new rules an attack on women’s rights.

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The rules announced by the Trump administration on Friday would cut off federal family planning funds under the Title X program from clinics that provide abortions or that refer patients for abortions, a way of partially defunding Planned Parenthood.

Democrats are pushing back on the Trump administration’s move, and Washington is expected to be joined by other blue states, such as California, in suing to stop the changes.

“The Trump-Pence Administration has yet again shown its deliberate disregard for women’s reproductive freedom and the rule of law,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Xavier BecerraState AGs condemn HUD rule allowing shelters to serve people on basis of biological sex OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump casts doubt on climate change science during briefing on wildfires | Biden attacks Trump's climate record amid Western wildfires, lays out his plan | 20 states sue EPA over methane emissions standards rollback 20 states sue EPA over methane emissions standards rollback MORE said on Friday.

Ferguson’s office argued in a press release that the new rule violates a law requiring that pregnancy counseling under Title X does not push patients towards or away from certain options.

Ferguson said that the rule would leave 17 of Washington’s 39 counties without a Title X-funded provider, because that provider currently also performs abortions and would be cut off from funds under the new rule.