Second Court Tosses Out Trump Health-Worker Religious Rule

A second court in two days has tossed out the Trump administration’s rule that allows health-care workers to deny care based on their religious and moral beliefs.

Judge Stanley A. Bastian of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington vacated the rule from the bench Nov. 7, court staff told Bloomberg Law. An opinion will be coming in the next few days, the staff member said.

The court granted summary judgment to the state of Washington, which was challenging the rule.

“This rule would have disproportionately harmed rural and working poor Washington families, who have no alternatives ...