Senate to Vote to Restore Trump-Era Block on Abortion Referrals

The Senate plans this week to take up a resolution to restore a prohibition on clinics that receive federal money from advising women on ending their pregnancies.

A now-defunct regulation barring clinics in the federal program known as Title X from making referrals to abortion providers was a major victory for the Trump administration. The Biden administration reversed it in a 2021 rule.

The Senate could vote as soon as Wednesday on the resolution (S.J. Res. 41) by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) disapproving the Biden rule. Should it pass, the vote would be symbolic. The House could decline to ...