Planned Parenthood wants summary judgment in Mississippi law challenge
Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to quickly rule in its favor and overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid spending with any health care provider that offers abortion.
The women's health group argues that a judge should make a summary judgment backing its challenge of the Mississippi law, now that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an injunction against a similar law in Louisiana.
Two Planned Parenthood affiliates that were previously eligible for Mississippi Medicaid payments filed a federal lawsuit June 15 seeking to block the Mississippi law, which took effect on July 1. Neither affiliate offers abortions in Mississippi — one says it does them at a clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, and the other in other states.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/21/planned-parenthood-mississippi-law-challenge/90796286/ (short article)