A federal appeals court ruled on June 20 that the Trump administration's family planning rules can go into action across the nation, granting the administration's request to life injunctions ordered by courts in Oregon, California, and Washington state.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of three judges all voted to allow the rules to go into effect even as lawsuits against the administration are underway in multiple court systems. The rules will be put into place by the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency.

"Absent a stay, HHS will be forced to allow taxpayer dollars to be spent in a manner that it has concluded violates the law, as well as the Government's important policy interest in ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not go to fund or subsidize abortions," the judges wrote in the ruling (pdf), which was published online by CNN.

The judges wrote that Congress enacted Title X in 1970 to create a limited grant program for certain types of pre-pregnancy family planning services. In 1988, HHS regulations were put into place forbidding clinics receiving Title X funds from providing counseling or referrals for abortion as a method of family planning.

Those regulations were suspended several years later by the department but now the Trump administration is seeking to put them back into place, referring to it as the "Final Rule."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/in-blow-against-planned-parenthood-judges-rule-to-let-trump-defund-abortion-clinics_2971906.html

Quote from: Solar on June 21, 2019, 06:08:41 AM
A federal appeals court ruled on June 20 that the Trump administration's family planning rules can go into action across the nation, granting the administration's request to life injunctions ordered by courts in Oregon, California, and Washington state.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of three judges all voted to allow the rules to go into effect even as lawsuits against the administration are underway in multiple court systems. The rules will be put into place by the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency.

"Absent a stay, HHS will be forced to allow taxpayer dollars to be spent in a manner that it has concluded violates the law, as well as the Government's important policy interest in ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not go to fund or subsidize abortions," the judges wrote in the ruling (pdf), which was published online by CNN.

The judges wrote that Congress enacted Title X in 1970 to create a limited grant program for certain types of pre-pregnancy family planning services. In 1988, HHS regulations were put into place forbidding clinics receiving Title X funds from providing counseling or referrals for abortion as a method of family planning.

Those regulations were suspended several years later by the department but now the Trump administration is seeking to put them back into place, referring to it as the "Final Rule."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/in-blow-against-planned-parenthood-judges-rule-to-let-trump-defund-abortion-clinics_2971906.html

Happy 66,000.

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