October 21, 2016

Federal judge blocks Mississippi's anti-Planned Parenthood bill

Star Tribune - A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that banned the state's Medicaid program from spending money with any health care provider that offers abortions.
U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III ruled in a lawsuit filed by two Planned Parenthood affiliates. The law took effect July 1.
Jordan said every court to consider similar laws has found they violate the "free-choice-of-provider" provision of federal law. Medicaid is paid by federal and state dollars.
Jordan pointed to a Sept. 14 ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld an injunction against a similar Louisiana law. The circuit handles appeals from Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

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