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Federal appeals court allows Ohio to defund Planned Parenthood

March 13, 2019

Via: Jurist

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled 11-6 Tuesday that Ohio can enforce a 2016 law preventing Planned Parenthood, and any other organization that “performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions” from receiving state funds. The decision by the en banc court overturns a ruling by a three-judge panel that the state could not enforce the law.

Planned Parenthood already could not use state funds for abortions, but the new law cuts off all state funding, including money for programs combating STIs and breast cancer.

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