Irving Rust with a group of
family planning providers v. Louis Sullivan (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human
Services) - 1991
Rust and his several family
planning providers challenged President Ronald Reagan’s "gag
rule. Under this new rule, clinic
staff could not discuss all of the options available to women facing unintended
pregnancies, particularly abortion; they could only refer them for prenatal
care. The Supreme Court upheld the
“gag rule,” even though it reversed 18 years of policies that had allowed
comprehensive options counseling.
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