An Obama-appointed federal judge in Manhattan struck down as unconstitutional a Trump administration rule preventing federally funded health care providers from being forced to participate in abortions and other activities that violate their conscience.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, who joined the court in 2011 after being nominated by then-President Barack Obama, issued a 147-page opinion and order Nov. 6 invalidating the regulation published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
