Washington to sue Trump over rule stripping Planned Parenthood funding

Published February 25, 2019 9:13pm ET



Washington state is set to sue the Trump administration over new rules that will cause healthcare clinics providing abortions and receiving federal family planning grants to close and that will block medical providers from telling patients where they can get an abortion.

Washington state will sue the Trump administration in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington as soon as the rule is published, which could be as early as Monday. Washington will also file for a preliminary injunction that would block the rule from going into effect, which would otherwise occur 60 days after it is posted.

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