WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is beginning to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions. That policy directive led to Planned Parenthood leaving the federal family planning program. Wednesday’s proposed rule through on President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to reverse his predecessor’s family planning policy. The Trump-era rule approach was branded a “gag rule” by women’s groups and decried by medical associations as violating the doctor-patient relationship. But the Biden administration is stopping short of immediately suspending the Trump regulation, as abortion rights advocates had sought. Officials believe methodically rewriting the Trump rule will increase the odds of Biden’s changes ultimately being upheld in court.
