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INDIANAPOLIS — The state of Indiana is not allowed to cut off most of Planned Parenthood’s state and federal public funding solely because the organization also provides abortions, a federal judge said Friday in blocking part of the state’s tough abortion law.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt granted Planned Parenthood of Indiana’s request for preliminary injunction on the state’s move to defund the organization. Her ruling sides with federal officials who said states cannot disqualify Medicaid providers merely because they also offer abortions or restrict Medicaid recipients’ freedom to choose their health care provider.
Indiana attorney general’s office spokesman Bryan Corbin said the state likely will appeal.
