Federal Appeals Court Forces Ohio To Fund Planned Parenthood

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U.S. Circuit Judge Helene White said the two Planned Parenthood affiliates had a right to taxpayer dollars because abortion was a "protected activity" outside of the government-funded programs.

“What they do claim is a right not to be penalized in the administration of government programs based on protected activity outside the programs,” she wrote for the three-judge panel.

Reuters reports that "White said the law had violated Planned Parenthood’s due process rights by requiring a health care provider surrender its right to provide legal abortions as a condition of participating in programs that have nothing to do with abortion."


Federal Appeals Court Forces Ohio To Fund Planned Parenthood

 

[This_person]

U.S. Circuit Judge Helene White said the two Planned Parenthood affiliates had a right to taxpayer dollars because abortion was a "protected activity" outside of the government-funded programs.

“What they do claim is a right not to be penalized in the administration of government programs based on protected activity outside the programs,” she wrote for the three-judge panel.

Reuters reports that "White said the law had violated Planned Parenthood’s due process rights by requiring a health care provider surrender its right to provide legal abortions as a condition of participating in programs that have nothing to do with abortion."


Federal Appeals Court Forces Ohio To Fund Planned Parenthood

Imagine if the 17th amendment didn't exist (or was repealed), and the STATES actually had a say in the federal government like was originally intended and happened for well over the first century of our existence as a country. Wouldn't it be grand if the states were involved in writing and approving the laws through representatives (we could call them Senators)?