Judge Orders Alabama to Resume Planned Parenthood Payments
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley must restore payments to Planned Parenthood, dealing one of the strongest blows yet to the state-led effort to defund the group.
In a 66-page decision, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson rejected the stateโs argument for canceling the groupโs Medicaid contract, which was based on a series of undercover videos that claimed Planned Parenthood mismanaged its fetal tissue donation program.
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