“Leaving women in the dark about their healthcare and restricting from providing candid advice is simply not in the best interest of public health.”

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-24-2020

Reproductive rights advocates criticized a federal court’s ruling on Monday upholding the Trump administration’s Title X rule, which bans health clinics from counseling patients on abortion care. (Photo: Mikasi/cc/flickr)

Women’s healthcare advocates fumed Monday after a federal appeals court upheld the Trump-Pence administration’s so-called domestic “gag rule.”

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the 7-4 decision regarding the administration’s policy of preventing Title X funds from going to clinics that provide referrals for abortions, even though no federal funds pay for abortions. Continue reading →