Alabama Surrenders In Fight Against Planned Parenthood
Source: Reuters
Alabama Surrenders In Fight Against Planned Parenthood
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alabama-planned-parenthood_565ce8bae4b072e9d1c30cc8
The state will pay Planned Parenthood's legal fees after failed suit.
Reuters
Posted: 11/30/2015 07:37 PM EST
Alabama called off a legal battle with Planned Parenthood on Monday after a federal judge last month blocked the state from defunding the reproductive health organization's clinics amid national controversy about its handling of aborted fetal tissue.
In a joint court filing, both parties said that Alabama had resumed funding of Planned Parenthood clinics in Mobile and Birmingham, and the clinics were following state regulations.
The agreement followed an order by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson to stop Alabama from terminating its agreement with a Planned Parenthood regional affiliate providing services under Medicaid, the federal and state healthcare program for the poor.
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"This is an important victory for our patients in Alabama who will be able to keep getting high-quality health care and would have suffered if the state had pushed forward with this political agenda," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement....................
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So glad the state has to pay up. Would be great if the GOV or AG who brought this nonsense suit had to pay directly from their own back accounts--in stead-the costs get paid by taxpayers!
"The state agreed to pay $51,000 in legal fees in settling the lawsuit, the Associated Press reported."
Birth Control
Planned Parenthood provides 80 percent of its clients with affordable birth control.
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