Ninth Circuit ruling upholds 30-year old rule prohibiting Title X funding of abortions

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The Center Square

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday lifted national injunctions that halted new Trump administration rules prohibiting taxpayer-funded health clinics from promoting or providing abortions.

The appeals court ruling, sought by President Donald Trump, overturns the stays granted by lower federal courts in Oregon and Washington, and a statewide injunction in California.

"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.

The 3-0 ruling affects 20 states that sued the administration over the new rule earlier this year, although it will let the cases play out in court. The judges said the Trump administration’s position would likely win because the rule attempting to be enforced was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court roughly 30 years ago.