Monday, March 31, 2014

Federal appeals court allows Kansas to defund Planned Parenthood

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [official website] ruled [text, PDF] on Tuesday that the Kansas legislature can withhold federal funding for two Planned Parenthood [advocacy website] clinics. In the original lawsuit, Planned Parenthood challenged a state law that stripped Planned Parenthood of funding under Title X because the group provides abortion services. US District Court Judge Thomas Marten [official profile] blocked [JURIST report] the enforcement of the state law in 2011, finding it to be...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/federal-appeals-court-allows-kansas-to-defund-planned-parenthood.php

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