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U.S. judge orders Arkansas to pay Planned Parenthood in narrow ruling
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Oct 2, 2015 7:46pm EDT
U.S. judge orders Arkansas to pay Planned Parenthood in narrow ruling
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. | BY STEVE BARNES
A U.S. district judge on Friday ordered Arkansas to continue payments to Planned Parenthood for its treatment of three women who challenged Governor Asa Hutchinson’s directive cutting off Medicaid reimbursements to the organization.
The order applied only to the cases of the three plaintiffs, although the judge suggested that Planned Parenthood as an organization might successfully challenge the cutoff.
Judge Kristine Baker held that the three women, identified in court papers as “Jane Does,” had demonstrated they would incur irreparable harm should they not be able to access contraceptive care and other services through Planned Parenthood.
Arkansas is one of several Republican-controlled states that have cut funds for the organization after the release of videos by an anti-abortion activist group, the Center for Medical Progress, in which Planned Parenthood officials are seen discussing transactions involving fetal tissue.
Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing.
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U.S. judge orders Arkansas to pay Planned Parenthood in narrow ruling
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. | BY STEVE BARNES
A U.S. district judge on Friday ordered Arkansas to continue payments to Planned Parenthood for its treatment of three women who challenged Governor Asa Hutchinson’s directive cutting off Medicaid reimbursements to the organization.
The order applied only to the cases of the three plaintiffs, although the judge suggested that Planned Parenthood as an organization might successfully challenge the cutoff.
Judge Kristine Baker held that the three women, identified in court papers as “Jane Does,” had demonstrated they would incur irreparable harm should they not be able to access contraceptive care and other services through Planned Parenthood.
Arkansas is one of several Republican-controlled states that have cut funds for the organization after the release of videos by an anti-abortion activist group, the Center for Medical Progress, in which Planned Parenthood officials are seen discussing transactions involving fetal tissue.
Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/02/us-usa-plannedparenthood-arkansas-idUSKCN0RW2JX20151002
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