Judge sides with Planned Parenthood over Mississippi abortion law
Source: Reuters
21 OCT 2016 AT 09:05 ET
A federal judge on Thursday sided with womens health provider Planned Parenthood in a lawsuit aiming to block a Mississippi law that barred medical providers that perform abortions from participating in the states Medicaid program.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III is the latest in a string of rulings striking down similar laws elsewhere in the country against the womens health provider.
Jordans two page order noted a ruling from the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals that rejected a similar law in Louisiana, saying essentially every court to consider similar laws has found that they violate federal law. Medicaid is a health insurance program for the poor run jointly by the federal government and individual states.
Planned Parenthood said in its complaint that the law, which went into effect in July, unconstitutionally limited patients rights to choose the healthcare provider of their choice and would have stopped it from serving low-income patients.
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