Trump Agency Can Enforce Abortion ‘Gag’ Rule: Ninth Circuit (1)

The Trump administration can now implement a hotly contested rule that bans federally funded health-care providers from counseling patients about abortion services.

In an unsigned opinion first reported by Bloomberg Law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 20 granted the Health and Human Services Department’s request to temporarily block preliminary injunctions that federal district courts in California, Oregon, and Washington had issued to stop the rule from taking effect.

The appeals court said the rule can be implemented while the government appeals those lower court orders.

The decision marks a rare victory for the Trump ...