BREAKING: 9th Circuit court upholds Trump rule that led to Planned Parenthood losing $60M

Trump admin’s Protect Life Rule bans 'referral for abortion as a method of family planning'

Mon Feb 24, 2020 - 12:53 pm EST

American Life League

By Calvin Freiburger

February 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The Trump administration may continue to enforce a rule mandating that recipients of federal planning funds, such as Planned Parenthood, separate themselves from abortion activities, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

The administration’s Protect Life Rule requires “clear financial and physical separation between Title X-funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method of family planning” and bans “referral for abortion as a method of family planning.” The abortion lobby has responded with multiple lawsuits, and Planned Parenthood chose to withdraw from Title X rather than comply with the new conditions. Abortion proponents have dubbed the rule a “gag rule.”

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit lifted a temporary injunction against enforcing the rule last June, and the full court affirmed that decision Monday, Bloomberg Law reports.

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Poster Comment:

The abortion mills have been shut down.