4th Circuit Upholds Maryland Injunction In Title X Abortion Case

Mealey's (September 4, 2020, 2:25 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A Title X rule limiting physicians' abortion communications and requiring separate facilities for such services is arbitrary and capricious because the government ignored substantial concerns about the impact and the rule violates Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations precluding barriers to care, a divided en banc Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Sept. 3 (Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., Nos. 19-1614, 20-1215, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 28127)....