Class Upheld, Injunction Partially Affirmed In Abortion Access Suit

Mealey's (June 18, 2019, 2:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A split District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 14 affirmed class certification in a lawsuit over the federal government’s practical ban on pre-viability abortions for unaccompanied alien minors (UAC) in federal custody and partially upheld a trial court’s preliminary injunction as to the blanket denial of access to abortions, but the majority vacated and remanded the portion of the preliminary injunction that barred disclosure of the abortion decisions to parents and others (J.D., et al. v. Alex Michael Azar, II, et al., No. 18-5093, D.C. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 17900)....