Washington • The Trump administration said Friday that it would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters.
The final rule released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department pleased religious conservatives, a key building block of President Donald Trump's political base.
The administration plan also would prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from being housed in the same location as abortion providers.
Planned Parenthood has said the administration appears to be targeting them, and calls the policy a "gag rule.