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Judge stops Indiana from ending Planned Parenthood funding
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jun 25, 2011 12:12am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Saturday, June 25, 2011 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Indiana from enforcing a law that eliminated funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions.
The Republican-led Indiana legislature had voted to strip the women's health group of funding, including money from the federal Medicaid program for the poor, and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed the legislation into law.
But the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker grants a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the ban on Planned Parenthood offices in Indiana receiving reimbursement for Medicaid claims.
"This decision means that Planned Parenthood of Indiana can once again be reimbursed for the preventive health care it provides its 9,300 Medicaid patients," Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) said in a statement.
Indiana is one of three states that cut funds for Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions. The others are Kansas and North Carolina but they cut only state funding and not federal Medicaid funds.
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