Court upholds planned parenthood funding

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Court upholds Planned Parenthood funding

Arizona cannot cut Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program simply because the organization also provides abortions paid for with other funds, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Arizona lawmakers acted illegally last year in tying the Medicaid funding for family-planning services to a requirement for Planned Parenthood to stop doing abortions. The judges, in a 32-page ruling, said legislators acted contrary to federal law.

Thursday’s ruling affirms a trial court’s earlier decision.

Good news for poor women and important precedent.