In a unanimous decision released Thursday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit granted the Department of Health and Human Services a stay against three preliminary injunctions issued by courts in California, Oregon, and Washington state.

Travis Weber, vice president for policy at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., said in a statement to The Christian Post that with the final rule being allowed to take effect, there will be “a bright line between abortion and family planning programs — just as federal law requires and the Supreme Court has upheld.” ...