En Banc Appeals Court Panel Weighs Whether To Block Title X Rule

An en-banc panel of 11 judges from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco discussed whether to reverse a ruling by the same appeals court that allowed the Trump administration to proceed with its rule preventing facilities that perform abortions or refer patients for abortions from receiving Title X funds, also known as the Title X “gag rule." Judges grappled with whether the rule had caused undue harm and whether to follow precedent from a similar case...