family planning gag rule
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Appeals Court Refuses to Block Trump Rule That Would Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
In a major setback for Planned Parenthood, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a Trump ban on funding clinics that refer women to abortion providers can take effect while the court weighs the overall merits. Federal law has long banned use of federal funding to pay for abortions, but monies could still be provided…
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Federal Appeals Court OKs Trump’s Abortion Gag Rules
In a decision Planned Parenthood called “devastating,” a federal appeals court Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s family planning gag rule intended to prevent health providers from making abortion referrals or discussing where a patient might have one. Thursday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the rule to take…