Judge to block Trump administration's rules targeting Planned Parenthood

A federal judge on Tuesday said that he would block the Trump administration from setting new rules that would have cut off millions of dollars in government funding from Planned Parenthood.

U.S. District Judge Michael McShane, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, said Tuesday he would grant a preliminary injunction, calling the rule a “ham-fisted approach to public health policy.” The case landed in court after Oregon’s and 20 other states’ attorneys general, as well as the American Medical Association and Planned Parenthood, filed lawsuits.