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NEW: Ninth Circuit says Trump's gag rule that bans Title X recipients from performing or supporting abortion as a method of family planning can go into effect for now. blawgo.com/riqR59t
Injunctions from federal district courts in California, Oregon, and Washington, stopped the agency from enforcing a rule implementing Title X.
Title X is the only federal program designed to ensure people receive family planning care and counseling.
Title X is the only federal program designed to ensure people receive family planning care and counseling.
Trump's rule prohibits a Title X grant recipient from performing, promoting, referring for, or supporting abortion as a method of family planning.
It also requires physical separation of abortion and all other services offered by grantees.
It also requires physical separation of abortion and all other services offered by grantees.
The decision gives the Trump administration a victory in a court he has criticized as being too liberal.
All three of the panel’s judges, Edward Leavy, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Carlos T. Bea, were appointed by Republican presidents.
All three of the panel’s judges, Edward Leavy, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Carlos T. Bea, were appointed by Republican presidents.
